Shafer Summer School Scholarships

July 12, 2005 — Seven high-achieving minority students from the New Haven Public Schools have been named this year’s Shafer Scholars.

The scholarships cover tuition, room and board, allowing each student to take two five-week Yale College courses during the summer while they live on campus. In addition, each student receives a stipend of $450 for books and other expenses.

The Shafer family of New Haven has provided funding since 1980 for the Shafer Summer Scholarships. In 1991 Mark Shafer (Yale College Class of 1937), a New Haven native and graduate of Hillhouse High School, established an endowment making the program permanent.

Students apply to the program through the guidance counselors of their schools. Yale bases its admission decisions on the students’ academic achievement and leadership potential.

This year’s winners are Tanore Barrow, James Hillhouse High School; Tiffany Bromfield, James Hillhouse High School; Leelyn Chong, Hill Regional Career High School; Kristina Melvin, Cooperative Arts and Humanities; Samantha Reaves, Wilbur Cross High School; Jermaine Damon Thomas, James Hillhouse High School; and Wanda Vargas, High School in the Community.