Mykia Johnson Awarded Gates Scholarship
Mykia Johnson, a member of Russell Memorial CME Church in Durham, NC, has been awarded the prestigious Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship. From a field of 11,000 applicants, Mykia was selected as 1 of 1,000 Gates Scholars for the GMS Class of 2007.
She was officially notified by way of a letter from Larry A. Griffith, Vice-President of the Gates Millennium Scholars. The Gates Scholarship entitles Mykia to a full scholarship to any school of her choice. It will fund her education through the Master and Doctoral levels if she pursues graduate studies in the fields of education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public hearth or science.
Mykia was offered a four year scholarship to North Carolina Central University by NCCU Chancellor James H. Ammons. The offer was extended during the 39th Annual Awards Banquet of the Human Relations Youth Award of the City of Durham Relations Commissions Department.
The blessings just keep flowing in her life. Mykia was also chosen to be a North Carolina Teaching Fellow. The N.C. Teaching Fellows program gives $6,500 annually tc 500 deserving North Carolina students while preparing them to be the “cream of the crop” in the filed of education by providing them with enriching opportunities to pursue their dreams. Mykia has decided to be a blessing to someone else by giving up her Teaching Fellow Scholarship to a Teacher Fellow Alternate.
Mykia is actively involved at Russell Memorial where she serves on and participates in the Sunday School, Bible Study, Children/Y outh Choir, Junior Usher Board, Mattie E. Coleman Missionary Circle, and the Christian Youth Fellowship (CYF).
A senior at Hillside High School in Durham, she is president of the student body and a member of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), the Student Government Association and the golf team. On a national level, Mykia is a member of the National Honor Society, National Achievers Society, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society, National English Honor Society, and Students Taking Academic Responsibility (STAR).
Mykia serves in the Durham community at large with Habitat for Humanity, and as Secretary of the Durham Youth Council and Chair of the Board of Striving For The Community (SFTC) Serteens.
Mykia successfully takes on all these activities while maintaining a 4.327 GP A at Hillside where she is ranked 6 of 280 students in her senior class.
Submitted by Mrs. Fannie T. Lee and Mrs. Mamie V. Alston