Dr. Herman Thomas Scholarship

Every year the Mu Tau Chapter grants a scholarship to a deserving non-Greek male who possessed admirable characteristics and scholastic achievement. Every applicant is required to have a 2.5 GPA, in good standings with the university and write an essay that described what brotherhood meant to them.

About the Scholarship

Dr. Herman Thomas was very active in dramatic and religious affairs in undergraduate school. At the graduate level, he specialized in the areas of religious education and American Religious History. He also has a varied experiential background leading a group in Duke University's Project Nicaragua (1966); participant in the Detroit Urban Work Conference (1965); Campus Ministry Internee at Binkley Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, N.C. (1965; 1968); Assistant Minister at Cullowhee Methodist Church under the Duke Endowment.

Dr. Thomas has been a teacher at Berkley High School, Aberdeen, and N. C.; Director of Student Affairs, Morris College, Sumter, S.C.; teacher in Religious Studies and Black Studies (and Coordinator of Black Studies) at Springfield College, Springfield, MA; and Assistant and Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies as well as Assistant Director of Afro-American and African Studies at UNC at Charlotte. For the academic year of 1985-86, Dr. Thomas was elected to the post of Faculty Associate in Administration in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the first of two UNCC faculty so honored. As a Faculty Associate, Dr. Thomas conceptualized and implemented the University Transition Opportunities Program (UTOP), which he still serves as Coordinator.

Dr. Thomas life principles has been set upon manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind. We pay tribute to his honorable efforts and continuing success. Write a 300-word essay with the theme, "What Does Brotherhood Mean To You"

This essay must be type written on a separate sheet of paper or submitted throught with the rest of the application.

The Dr. Herman Thomas Scholarship, worth $350.00, is given to a non-Greek African American male that exemplifies a life of academic scholarship, community service and campus involvement.