The Beverly Wilder Memorial Scholarship Program 

The Beverly Wilder Scholarship program, modeled after the late Beverly Wilder, provides scholarships to the employees of Stone Mountain Park.

Scholarship amounts

• $5,000 for full-time students (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester)

• $2,500 for part-time students (minimum of 6 credit hours per semester)

• $5,000 for Part-time or Full-time postgraduate students

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must meet all of the following criteria:

• Be an active full-time or part-time Thrive SMP, LLC or Crescent Hotels* employee as of the application deadline date (*Employees of Crescent Hotels must work at the Atlanta Evergreen Hotel, Inn at Stone Mountain or the Stone Mountain Golf Club on the Stone Mountain Park property).

• Be a high school senior or a high school graduate pursuing an undergraduate degree or vocational-technical license/certification

• Have a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale

Applicants must demonstrate financial need, academic performance, and leadership and participation in their school and community activities. Additionally, applicants will be required to write a brief essay about their career and educational goals.

Applications are open now and will close on May 28th. Winners will be announced in July.

For questions, please email scholarships@thriving-lives.org or contact the Human Resources office at 770-498-5670.

If you have questions about the application process, you may email Scholarship America directly at thrivesmp@scholarshipamerica.org.