Update: Serena Black wins the Claud Thompson Decatur Industrial Electric Scholarship for second year in a row! Serena is currently working part-time at JL Hubbard Insurance & Bonds as a Customer Service Representative while she attends University. Her goal is to be a business-related professor. She is studying accounting.
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Serena Black, a graduate of Warrensburg-Latham high-school and Richland Community College, and currently a student at Millikin 
University, has received a $1,000 scholarship to help cover education related expenses for the 2018/19 school year. She will major in Accounting and minor in Finance. Long term, she hopes to obtain her M.B.A.
“Receiving scholarships is important to me for many reasons. I am the first in my family, both immediate and extended, to pursue a college education. I am self-supported when it comes to financing my education, so I work part-time at J. L. Hubbard Insurance and Bonds while going to school to offset out-of-pocket costs. Receiving the Claud Thompson Industrial Electric Scholarship has helped to ease financial stress and encourage me to excel as a student. I thank the donors of this scholarship for allowing me the opportunity to continue my education at such a prestigious institution. ”
In her spare time, Serena competes in high-level billiard tournaments. During her time as a junior player, she was given the opportunity to represent the United States in multiple international settings. She has traveled as far as Shanghai, China, Las Vegas, NV, Tampa, FL, and all over the Midwest to compete for different sanctions. She has a couple of national titles and, more importantly, an undying love for the game of pool! Her athletic career comes second to her education so she doesn’t compete as often as she used to.
The Claud Thompson Decatur Industrial Electric Scholarship
This scholarship assists students seeking a career in business through the Tabor School of Business (PACE included) at Millikin University or students pursuing engineering technology degrees at Richland Community College. Additional criteria online includes financial need and students who are self-driven and leadership-oriented with a record of community service. High school seniors and college students may apply for the scholarship on the Community Foundation of Macon County website at www.endowdecatur.org.
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