Farah & Farah, Jacksonville’s leading Personal Injury Law Firm, is closing the application portal for its third annual Empowering Greatness Scholarship program on Friday, March 3. The program will award five Florida high school seniors with scholarships covering two full years worth of tuition, totaling to $50,000. Students interested in the scholarships can apply using the online portal until the application officially closes on Friday.
The law firm partnered with the Florida Prepaid College Foundation and Goodwill Industries of North Florida to cover full tuition, registration fees, and local fees for 60 lower-division semester credit hours at any Florida university, college, or trade school. Scholarship recipients will be announced on Monday, May 1, 2023. To be eligible for an Empowering Greatness Scholarship, students must attend a public or charter school in Florida, demonstrate outstanding academic performance, dedicated community engagement, and an essay or video submission.
Applicants will be evaluated by a diverse panel of judges, each of whom has made a difference in their communities and their dedicated fields, including:
- Rep. Anna Eskamani, Florida State House – District 42
- T-Neisha Tate, Jacksonville Jaguars Vice President of Social Responsibility and Impact
- Tenikka Hughes, Evening Anchor for Action News Jax
- Dante Jennings, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Jacksonville Public Education Fund
- Grace Maseda, Helios Education Foundation VP of Marketing and Communications
- Zaniyah Williams, 2022 Empowering Greatness Scholarship recipient
For more information or to apply, visit farahandfarah.com/scholarship or email [email protected].
