Beyoncé Announces Formation Scholarship Winners

Four scholars have been announced as recipients for Beyoncé’s formation scholarship. The announcement was made through her website on Thursday, June 15th, 2017 after all finalists were selected by committees from the eligible colleges and universities. 

“The Formation Scholars award encourages and supports young women who are bold, creative, conscious, confident and unafraid to think outside the box. Students’ disciplines included creative arts, music, literature and African-American studies. All applicants maintain a 3.5 GPA or above and submitted a short essay stating how LEMONADE inspired their educational goals.

Current and incoming female undergraduate and graduate students at Berklee College of Music, including those enrolled at the college’s campuses in Boston and Valencia, Spain, Berklee online and Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Howard University in Washington, DC, Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York City, and Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, were eligible for the scholarships.”

The winners are  Howard University graduate student, Maya Rogers; Spelman College rising senior, Bria Paige, Berklee College of Music sophomore, Sadiya Ramos and Parsons School of Design student, Avery Youngblood.

Like Beyoncé did with “Lemonade,” these women are using their arts to make a real difference. Avery is finding ways that her design work can intersect with her undergraduate degree in Linguistics and Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and Maya’s music has helped her recover from a brain injury she sustained four years ago.

Check out the winners below, and congrats to the ladies!