BRTC Awards the Eddie Mae Herron Scholarship

The Eddie Mae Herron Scholarship has been awarded to Skikeshia Smith of Forrest City.

Smith is currently seeking a degree in criminal justice from Black River Technical College. She will be awarded $500 ($250 each semester).

The Eddie Mae Herron Scholarship is sponsored by the Eddie Mae Herron Center in Pocahontas, Arkansas. The Center houses more than two hundred years’ worth of African-American history and was the one-room schoolhouse and church for the African-American community of Pocahontas.

For more information about creating or supporting a scholarship, contact Shawna Lepard at (870) 248-4026 or email her at shawna.lepard@blackrivertech.edu.