JACKSON, Tenn. — March 16, 2020 — High school senior Rachel Dawson, of Bartlett, Tennessee, has received the 2020 Founders鈥� Scholarship from 51社区 that covers full tuition, room, meals and student services fees for four years.
The scholarship came from Union鈥檚 Scholars of Excellence competition which draws the highest qualified prospective students to campus for a weekend of interviews and other activities.
Dawson, a senior at Faith Heritage Christian Academy in Millington, Tennessee, who is the daughter of Denver and Nancy Dawson, plans to major in pharmacy when she begins at Union in the fall.
鈥淯ntil I visited, I really didn鈥檛 know how amazing of a school (Union) was,鈥� Dawson said. 鈥淚 fell in the love with the landscape of the campus and with the faculty and students. I love the Christian education aspect. There are so many things that I absolutely love.鈥�
Dawson is a member of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee.
The Founders鈥� Scholarship is Union鈥檚 highest academic scholarship. Recipients must maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average at Union and are required to perform up to 50 hours of leadership services for the university each semester.