Unleashing Potential Across the Tar Heel State.
Thrive Scholars helps high-achieving students from low income communities across Eastern North Carolina succeed at top colleges and build meaningful careers.
Beginning in a student’s junior year of high school, our six-year program provides academic preparation, personalized college guidance, ongoing support, career development, mentorship, and access to a powerful professional network.
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Expanding opportunity across Eastern North Carolina.
Eastern North Carolina is home to thousands of talented students with the potential to succeed at the highest levels. Yet many face barriers to rigorous academic preparation, selective college access, and professional networks.
Thrive Scholars helps close those gaps by supporting students from urban, suburban, and rural communities as they prepare for college, graduate, and launch their careers.
Eastern North Carolina is an important growth region for Thrive Scholars, with world-class universities and expanding industries in technology, healthcare, life sciences, design, and business.
- Average family income
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- Average High School GPA
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- First generation in their families to attend college
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Where Scholars from Eastern North Carolina go.
Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, NC State — and campuses across the country. Scholars don’t just get in. They graduate with the record, the internships, and the relationships that turn a degree into a career.
How Thrive Scholars invests in students.
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College Perparation
Rigorous academic preparation for highly selective colleges
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College Success
Academic guidance, personalized coaching, encouragement, and support throughout college
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Career Readiness
Career coaching, mentorship, internships, and professional networks
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Lifelong Community
A national community of Scholars, alumni, employers, and supporters
Partner with Thrive Scholars Eastern North Carolina.
Become a Corporate PartnerEastern North Carolina’s future workforce and civic leadership depend on unlocking the full potential of its young people.
Ways to partner:
- Make a financial investment through multi-year grants, cohort sponsorships, or unrestricted gifts
- Engage employees as mentors, speakers, and volunteers
- Offer internships and early-career opportunities for Scholars
- Host or sponsor regional programming
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Regional Leadership
Meet the local leaders helping expand Thrive Scholars’ impact throughout Eastern North Carolina.
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Dawn Beatty
Vice President of Human Resources, Microsoft Corporation
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Mike Lipinski
Partner, Plante Moran
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Gerrod Parchmon
Managing Director, Regulatory & Change Management Governance, JPMorgan Chase
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Dr. Soma Venkat
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Technology and AI Officer, Cooper Standard
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Mahja D. Zeon
Partner, Honigman LLP
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Eastern North Carolina Sponsors
Our Eastern North Carolina program is made possible by corporations and foundations invested in making a difference across this region.
Tom Russell
Charitable Foundation