$25,000 Raised Through DSU’s Third Annual Scholarship Sunday
The dividends of DSU’s third annual Scholarship Sunday were celebrated at the June 12 DSU Board of Trustees meeting with a check presentation of more than $25,000.
The Scholarship Sunday Committee presented DSU President Harry L. Williams with a symbolic display check representing the $25,172.84 that was raised among 42 participating churches in Delaware. The committee was represented in the check presentation by Rev. Mishoe Paige, pastor of Star Hill AME Church of Dover; Rev. Anthony Wallace, pastor of Crossroads Christian Church of Dover; Rev. Frances Rogers, co-pastor of Central Baptist Church of Dover; Rev. Shanika Perry, executive minister at Bethel AME Church, Wilmington; and Rev. Pamela Adams, DSU director of spiritual life and University chaplain.
Scholarship Sunday was held on March 9, 2014 on which date participating churches took special collections on behalf of scholarships for DSU students.
The contributing churches included:
| Beacon Lighthouse Fellowship Church | Dover |
| Bethel AME Church | Symrna |
| Bethel AME Church | Wilmington |
| Bethuel Seventh Day Adventist Church | Dover |
| Burton Chapel AME | Milton |
| Buttonwood United Methodist Church | New Castle |
| Byrds AME Church | Clayton |
| Calvary Baptist Church | Dover |
| Camden Friends Meeting | Camden |
| Canaan Baptist Church | New Castle |
| Central Baptist Church | Dover |
| Christ Episcopal Church | Dover |
| Crossroad Christian Church | Dover |
| Fairview AME | Woodlyn, PA |
| First Baptist Church of Cheswold | Cheswold |
| First Pilgrim Baptist Church | Camden |
| Friends Meeting House | Camden |
| Friendship Baptist Church | Lewes |
| Graham AME Church | Greenwood |
| Hubert AME Church | Frederica |
| Jesus Is Our Lord (Church of Deliverance) | Dover |
| John Wesley AME | Dover |
| Macedonia AME | Seaford |
| Manna Christian Fellowship | Wilmington |
| Mother AUFCMP Church | Wilmington |
| Mt. Calvary AME Church | Seaford |
| Mt. Carmel Seventh Day Adventist | Harrington |
| Mt. Joy United Methodist Church | Wilmington |
| Mt. Plymouth AME Church | Felton |
| Mt. Zion AME Church | Dover |
| Mt. Zion Church | Georgetown |
| New Elizabeth AME Church | Wilmington |
| New Life Fellowship Ministries | Lincoln |
| Pentecostal Church of God | Lincoln |
| Simpson United Methodist | Wilmington |
| Solid Rock Baptist Church | Dover |
| Star Hill AME | Dover |
| Tabernacle FGB Cathedral | Wilmington |
| The Resurrection Center | Wilmington |
| Union Baptist Church | Lincoln |
| Wesley UM Church | Dover |
| Whatcoat United Methodist Church | Dover |