The Wayne and Julia Shovelin Endowment Fund

Julia attended Wake Forest University for her undergraduate degree, as well as, her law degree in graduate school. Wayne attended the University of Minnesota for both his undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Outside of Julia’s significant position in our school system, she has served on a plethora of nonprofit boards and as president of six of those boards, including; Hospice, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, the Literacy Council, Glenn Foundation and the Community Foundation. Julia’s honors are vast, but to highlight a few; she served as President of the Education Section of the NC Bar Association; she received the Gaston Chamber’s Athena Award, and she is a Paul Harris Fellow.

Wayne has also dedicated his time to much more than his career. To name some of his most meaningful work, he has served our Country in the US Air Force, he has served on the Board for the Gaston Chamber, the board of Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, the board of the Community Foundation and on the board for the National White-Water Center. Among his many honors, Wayne has received The Gaston Gazette’s Man of the Year award, the Gaston Chamber’s Spirit of the Carolinas, the Distinguished Service Award from the North Carolina Hospital Association, he is a Paul Harris Fellow and he has received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.

Scholarships distributed from this Fund may be awarded to students enrolled in any Gaston College Program, who have a GPA of 3.0 or better and have demonstrated financial need but are not eligible for federal aid. Preference given to those involved in community organizations and residents of Gaston County. The scholarship is renewable for a second year.