Four WCPSS Students Named 2007 Morehead Scholars

March 9, 2007 - Four Wake County Public School System students were among the 70 students named Morehead-Cain Scholars at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The value of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship is about $80,000 for each in-state student.

The four WCPSS students are:
William McElwee Clayton of Broughton High;
Elizabeth Landon McCain of Broughton High;
Daniela de Lima Nogueira of Wakefield High; and
Gregory Forest Randolph of Broughton High.

The winners were selected through a nomination and interview process that began last fall. Approximately 1,655 high school seniors nationwide and in Great Britain were nominated by their high schools or applied for the Morehead-Cain.

From those nominees, the foundation and regional committees chose 111 finalists: 64 in-state, 44 out-of-state and three from Great Britain. The process concluded with interviews of the finalists in Chapel Hill March 5-6.

Selection criteria are leadership, academic achievement, moral force of character, and physical vigor. Morehead-Cain recipients are chosen by merit and accomplishments, not financial need. Winners have until April 16 to accept the scholarship.

Among the largest and most competitive scholarship programs in the US, the Morehead-Cain -- formerly the Morehead Scholarship -- pays all expenses for four years of undergraduate study, including the costs of a laptop computer and four summer enrichment experiences.

The Morehead Scholarship and the Morehead Foundation were renamed earlier this year following a $100 million gift from the Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation of Houston.

Instituted as the first non-athletic merit scholarship program in the country, the Morehead-Cain has evolved into an experiential learning program with lifelong expectations. The distinguishing feature of the scholarship is its extensive Summer Enrichment Program, which provides global hands-on leadership and problem-solving experiences in four areas: outdoor leadership, public service, enterprise, and international research.


Clayton
Randolph

Nogueira
McCain

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