Clark University partnership creates full-ride Maine scholarship

Photo | Grant Welker Clark University is a four-year school located in Worcester.

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By Sam Bonacci

Clark University has announced a new, full four-year scholarship for rural first-generation college students from Maine’s eastern Washington and Hancock counties.

The scholarship is the result of a partnership with the Maine Seacoast Mission and the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund that recently launched the Davis Maine Scholarship. According to Meredith Twombly, vice president of admissions and financial aid at Clark University, the Davis Maine Scholarship will provide funding and access to talented Maine students who might have otherwise never had the opportunity to consider Clark University.

Davis Maine Scholarship Partner Colleges were selected based on their institutional commitment to increasing socio-economic diversity through programs and resources that successfully serve first-generation, low-income, rural students. Partner Colleges also demonstrate success with freshman retention and four-year college completion rates, especially among first-generation students, according to a release detailing the new partnership.

The first cohort of Davis Maine Scholars will be selected as high school juniors in the fall of 2020. Prior to matriculating in the fall of 2022, the students will receive strategic college transition planning and support in the areas of research, admissions, and financial aid, as well as tools for personal and academic success.