{"id":2940,"date":"2021-01-11T18:41:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:24:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:24:50","slug":"new-scholarships-awarded-to-four-delaware-national-guard-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/11\/new-scholarships-awarded-to-four-delaware-national-guard-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New Scholarships Awarded to Four Delaware National Guard Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column2940_d1997f-15 > .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-column2940_d1997f-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2940_d1997f-15 > .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-column2940_d1997f-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2940_d1997f-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2940_d1997f-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2940_d1997f-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2940_d1997f-15{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2940_d1997f-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2940_d1997f-15 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2940_d1997f-15 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Four members of the Delaware National Guard have been awarded scholarships to Wilmington University, the first such awards in honor of the late Major General Carol A. Timmons. General Timmons was Adjutant General of the Delaware National Guard (DNG) from February 1, 2017, until her retirement on March 2, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four scholarship winners are:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id2940_afb5b4-c7{margin-top:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id2940_afb5b4-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2940_afb5b4-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2940_afb5b4-c7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id2940_afb5b4-c7 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and 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.kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2940_512b86-39 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2940_512b86-39 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2940_512b86-39 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2940_512b86-39{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2940_512b86-39 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2940_512b86-39 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}.kadence-column2940_512b86-39 p {-webkit-margin-after: 0.5em;\t        margin-block-end: 0.5em;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2940_512b86-39 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a\"]{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-family:proxima-nova;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a\"] 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-heading2940_abd349-8a img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"kt-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_abd349-8a\">Letonia Alexander<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Delaware National Guard: Air Force<br>Major: Behavioral Sciences<br>Year: Sophomore<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2940_7e320b-e3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kadence-column2940_7e320b-e3 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2940_7e320b-e3 > .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-column2940_7e320b-e3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2940_7e320b-e3 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2940_7e320b-e3 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2940_7e320b-e3 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2940_7e320b-e3{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2940_7e320b-e3 > 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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-heading2940_e3e3a6-cf img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_e3e3a6-cf[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_e3e3a6-cf\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"kt-adv-heading2940_e3e3a6-cf wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_e3e3a6-cf\">Alexander Carlock<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Delaware National Guard: Army<br>Major: Computer Network Security<br>Year: Junior<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .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-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}.kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 p {-webkit-margin-after: 0.5em;\t        margin-block-end: 0.5em;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2940_e8e45d-22 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f\"]{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-family:proxima-nova;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f\"] 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-heading2940_e86bc2-7f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"kt-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_e86bc2-7f\">Carliz Ayala-Mercado<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Delaware National Guard: Army<br>Major: Health Sciences<br>Year: Sophomore<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 > .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-column2940_599b4f-82 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}.kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 p {-webkit-margin-after: 0.5em;\t        margin-block-end: 0.5em;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2940_599b4f-82 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8\"]{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-family:proxima-nova;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8\"] 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-heading2940_aa0831-f8 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"kt-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2940_aa0831-f8\">Kaidymar Diaz<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Delaware National Guard: Air Force<br>Major: Behavioral Sciences<br>Year: Freshman<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The four service members were selected to receive scholarship awards created in memory of General Timmons to specifically benefit members of the Delaware National Guard. The scholarships cover all remaining tuition after DNG annual tuition assistance funds have been depleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carol_A._Timmons_3-240x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15438\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carol_A._Timmons_3-240x300-1.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carol_A._Timmons_3-240x300-1-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCarol would have been ecstatic, humbled and truly honored for the opportunity to provide the means to four DNG service members to fulfill their educational dreams,\u201d wrote Lynn Wass, General Timmons\u2019 wife, in a letter thanking the University for the creation of the scholarships. \u201cThat would have meant the world to her, as education was an important factor in her life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Timmons was a double alumna of Wilmington University, having earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1984, and a Master of Science degree in Management, Public Administration, in 2013. \u201cI know that General Timmons would have been very pleased to have these memorial scholarships created by her own alma mater,\u201d said James Webb, director of Military Affairs for WilmU. \u201cShe loved the University and understood that education is key to career advancement and realizing personal goals. These DNG members will benefit from these scholarships in the years ahead, and I believe her memory will live on through their accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the scholarships, contact Jim Webb via email at <a href=\"mailto:james.s.webb@wilmu.edu\">james.s.webb@wilmu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four members of the Delaware National Guard have been awarded scholarships to Wilmington University, the first such awards in honor of the late Major General&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15438,"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":[163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifewilmu"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":163,"label":"LIFE@WILMU"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carol_A._Timmons_3-240x300-1.jpg",240,300,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel Marchione","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rachel\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":163,"name":"LIFE@WILMU","slug":"lifewilmu","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":720,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":90,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":163,"category_count":90,"category_description":"","cat_name":"LIFE@WILMU","category_nicename":"lifewilmu","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2940"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15448,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions\/15448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}