Last Thursday, Alltel presented the 10 winners in the 4th annual Words of Wisdom contest. The chair of this event is Maya Angelou, and she shared some really heavy words of wisdom for the group in attendance. She really was the best I have heard her in a few years. I have attended all of these events, but this year was special because we finally got a winner.

Any student who is, or is going to attend an HBCU can complete an essay to compete. Over 1,300 essays were submitted this year for the 10 awards, each worth $10,000 (up from $5,000 the previous years). Maurice Culver, a student from Gary, IN, was one of the winners. He was the only student from an Arkansas HBCU. This was also the largest amount for the award as well.

Maurice's parents came down for the events, which included a private concert the night before with Musiq Soulchild, who also performed at the luncheon. We're very proud of Maurice as he represented PSC to the fullest!

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