Expanded Horizons

North Carolina has a proud heritage both in its people and its higher education system. Both date back many generations, over 235 years for the University and many families having been in North Carolina just as long. The great higher education system in North Carolina has few peers nationwide, and it has served it citizens well.

Times continue to change, however, as our world seems to get smaller with transportation, the internet and flexible work arrangements. There is benefit to the young people of North Carolina to look beyond our borders, and experience what the world has to offer.

Expanded Horizons hopes to encourage matriculating college freshman to consider some of the excellent schools in our neighboring states. It is our hope, but certainly not a requirement that can be predicted nor enforced, that those students who do go out of state for university will return to North Carolina and spread some of that broadened knowledge.

Students who have been accepted to high quality public universities outside of North Carolina, with a special emphasis on University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Clemson University, University of Georgia, Georgia Tech and the University of Florida.

This program is 100% merit based. Merit means more than straight academics, intangibles matter.

Students must be the first generation of their family including parents, grandparents and great-grandparents to attend their selected out of state university.

Strong preference will be given to students from the northeastern Coastal Plain region of North Carolina, generally that part of the North Carolina east of Interstate 95 and north of US 264, with additional preference for students from Nash, Edgecombe and Halifax counties.

Applicants will be reviewed on a combination of:

• Academic record
• Commitment to non-academic interests
• Maturity
• Involvement in community
• Ability to communicate well in a concise manner (less can be more)

Maximum scholarship amount will be the difference between the out-of-state student tuition at your selected school, minus the in-state tuition at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.