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 Thrive SMP, LLC 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 will be open on April 1st and will close on June 2nd. 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.