The family of Wayne County’s late Sheriff Carey A. Winders has established an endowment that provides scholarships for students in public safety programs at Wayne Community College.
The endowment, which has been established with the Foundation of Wayne Community College, was funded with the $27,690 proceeds from the Sheriff Carey A. Winders Memorial Golf Tournament and Auction. The event was held in September 2015.
The Sheriff Carey Winders Memorial Endowment Scholarships will provide tuition, fees, and equipment for students from Wayne County in Basic Law Enforcement Training, criminal justice, public safety, or first responder programs at WCC. Recipients must have “demonstrated good character’ and have at least a 2.8 grade point average.
The first Winders Scholarship has been awarded this semester.
Winders passed away suddenly in January 2014. He had been the county’s sheriff since 1994. He actively supported the college’s public safety programs.
For more information about the Foundation and its scholarships, go to www.waynecc.edu/foundation.
The Foundation has awarded 567 scholarships worth $367,765 in the 2015-2016 academic year. In addition to raising and dispersing funds for scholarships, it provides funding for innovative campus projects and employee recognition, and offers cultural programs for the community.
Wayne Community College is a public, two-year college with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, it serves 14,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including 72 college credit programs.
Wayne Community College’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.
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