Sherrill Boyte Scholarship

Established in 2010 and celebrating her career at Sandhills, the Sherrill Boyte Scholarship is awarded to a first or second year student in any program who is a single parent. The student should exemplify a passion for service to fellow students and to the community, just as Ms.Boyte has done. Student must maintain 2.5 GPA and should demonstrate academic promise.

Sherrill Boyte worked in the Sandhills Development Office for over 22 years, retiring in 2010 as Senior Director of Foundation Operations and the Foundation Scholarship Coordinator after a total of 31 years of service to SCC. When Ms.Boyte started in the Development Office in 1988, there were 12 endowments and 25 annual scholarships. By the time she left, the totals were 88 endowments and 150 annual scholarships.

“I’m proud of the work we did and so grateful to community members who appreciate their own success and want to give back to others,’ she says. ’It’s amazing how people move here from all over and so quickly realize the importance of the work Sandhills does.’

Ms.Boyte attended Sandhills and began as an employee in 1979. Her first job was as faculty secretary to 33 instructors and then in the Student Services department. In 1988 President Raymond Stone asked her to join the Development Office. Dr. Dempsey became President the following year and Mrs. Matthews continued advancing until retirement.