{"id":1972,"date":"2018-03-28T16:51:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2025-02-06T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:04:09","slug":"scholarship-saved-dream-realized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/28\/scholarship-saved-dream-realized\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship Saved, Dream Realized"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image1972_7bc328-e3 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1972_7bc328-e3 alignwide size-1536x1536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1114\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tiff-mccullough-1536x1114.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tiff-mccullough-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tiff-mccullough-250x181.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tiff-mccullough-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tiff-mccullough-662x480.jpg 662w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/tiff-mccullough-2048x1486.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption><em>Tiff McCullough played basketball on scholarship in the early 1990&#8217;s.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1972_0e95e0-a8 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1972_b6a8c6-09\">For the past 20-plus years, Tiff McCullough Jr., ninth grade principal at Dover (Delaware) High School, has been living his dream \u2014 being a teacher.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While his two degrees from Wilmington University were essential in achieving that dream, he got some help along the way from University President Dr. LaVerne Harmon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1994, when he was in his second year at WilmU and Dr. Harmon was dean of Student Affairs, McCullough was in danger of losing his basketball scholarship because a newly hired coach wanted to go with his own players. McCullough asked for Dr. Harmon\u2019s assistance, and as she had done for any student who faced financial or other hardships, she stepped in to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of her efforts I was able to complete my bachelor\u2019s degree in Human Resources and graduate in three years,\u201d says McCullough. \u201cWithout her assistance, I probably would have had to drop out of school and postpone graduating early. She saved me big time and I am so thankful for Dr. Harmon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCullough went on to complete his teaching certification in Business Education at Delaware State University, then returned to WilmU to earn a master\u2019s in School Leadership in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI left WilmU totally prepared,\u201d he says. As proof, he adds: \u201cThe first interview I had was for the position I have now.\u201d WU<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past 20-plus years, Tiff McCullough Jr., ninth grade principal at Dover (Delaware) High School, has been living his dream \u2014 being a teacher&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[145,135],"tags":[650],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-magazine","tag-magazine-spring-2018"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":145,"label":"ALUMNI NEWS"},{"value":135,"label":"MAGAZINE"}],"post_tag":[{"value":650,"label":"Magazine Spring 2018"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Mumford","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/eric\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":145,"name":"ALUMNI NEWS","slug":"alumni-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":702,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":113,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":145,"category_count":113,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ALUMNI NEWS","category_nicename":"alumni-news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":135,"name":"MAGAZINE","slug":"magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":692,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":431,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":135,"category_count":431,"category_description":"","cat_name":"MAGAZINE","category_nicename":"magazine","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":650,"name":"Magazine Spring 2018","slug":"magazine-spring-2018","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1207,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":18,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14607,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/14607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}