CPI Locals & Districts Award Scholarships
Credit Professionals International of Fuquay-Varina recently awarded scholarships
to three (3) students who are pursuing a higher education degree. They have given
one (1) or more scholarships each year for several years.
Credit Professionals International of Charlotte, North Carolina, established a scholarship, named for one of
our charter members, Ethel B. Wilkinson, in the mid 1980’s. Since then, either one or more scholarships
have been awarded each year to students wishing to further their education and who meet the criteria set by
the organization.
Credit Professionals International of Eastern NC awarded a Scholarship to a student at the East Carolina University College
of Business recently. They have given an educational scholarship each year for more than 20 years.
Jackson, Mississippi Credit Professionals has established a scholarship in memory of one of our charter members, Jacqulyn
Henry. Our local community college assisted in writing the criteria for this scholarship and they select the winner each emester.
We offer $300.00 each semester to a student who meets the following criteria:
- Full time non-traditional student
- Business related major with 3.0 grade average
- Shows leadership abilities through church, school and/or community
(We were having winners that we never met and the college has added this criteria to a lot of their scholarships.)
- involvement
- A Mississippi native
- Must attend the Hinds Community College
Scholarship Recognition Program.
Charlotte, North Carolina Credit Professionals
Jackson, Mississippi Credit Professionals
Eastern NC Credit Professionals
Fuquay-Varina Credit Professionals
District 5 Credit Professionals
CPI District 5 has awarded up to four scholarships each year to graduating high school seniors to
use to further their education. This multi state competition received more than 20 applications in
2011 from the schools in the states represented by the district. A topic is chosen by the group
which is determined to provoke an appropriate thought process in the students and challenge
them to apply its meaning to their everyday life. The goal of this is to encourage the students to
discover and pursue credit excellence as they strive to be responsible, contributing adults in our
society.