Cheatham-White Scholars Program
Prospective students are invited to join North Carolina A&T as a Cheatham-White Scholar. The program draws some of America’s most high-achieving students ready to spread their wings on a campus widely known for its national leadership in science, technology, mathematics and engineering disciplines, as well as liberal arts and business studies, and recognized as the country’s largest historically black university.
What is the Cheatham-White Scholarship?
This award is named in honor of Henry P. Cheatham and George H. White, two African Americans who represented North Carolina in the United States Congress around the turn of the 20th century. From difficult beginnings – Cheatham was born a slave and White was the son of an unnamed mother whom historians say was perhaps also a slave – each worked hard to earn a university education before launching careers in teaching, law and ultimately public service. Cheatham was elected to Congress first, in 1888, and White in 1896. The State of North Carolina honors their legacies through this scholarship program.
