$1,000 Scholarship Awarded

2023 Awards Ceremony at Tampa Bay Technical High School in Tampa, Florida.

Each year, the Lambda Theta Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated offers a $1,000 Golden Scholars Award. This award is given to an outstanding senior who attends high school in the Pasco/Hernando, Pinellas, or Hillsborough counties, has a 3.5 GPA or higher, and has been accepted to a four-year college. Each applicant is asked to thoroughly explain how they plan to contribute to the black population in the US and in Africa.

Soror Cindy Blount and Soror Dikeesha Govan Brown announcing this year’s scholarship winner.

This year’s recipient has a 6.1 GPA and has been accepted to Howard University, Clark Atlanta University, Spellman, North Carolina A&T, and FAMU!

2023 Golden Scholars Award recipient Raemarie Parks-Royal pictured with principal Ernestine Woody-Bethune, Soror Dikeesha Govan Brown, and Soror Cindy Blount.

On Tuesday, April 25th, Soror Blount, our Basileus, and Soror Govan Brown, our Grammateus, announced that Miss Raemarie Parks-Royal was our 2023 Golden Scholars Award recipient. Raemarie Parks-Royal attends Tampa Bay Technical High School and has a 6.1 GPA. She is the proud daughter of Ms. Shonda Royal. Raemarie plans to attend Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University to study veterinary medicine. She believes “with determination and grit, anything is achievable”.

Congratulations Raemarie!

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