Snider Grad Awarded AKA Scholarship

Paietyn Gilbert has been awarded the 2020 Sharon K. Grimes Memorial Scholarship from Fort Wayne chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Gilbert is a graduate of Snider High School and currently a student at Xavier University in New Orleans, LA, double majoring in psychology and pre-medicine. She is pursuing a career in counseling and psychiatry.

Paietyn intentionally chose to attend a Historically Black College and University because, “There is nothing like it!”

Each year, the professional women of the Iota Chi Omega chapter award the Sharon K. Grimes Memorial Scholarship to a deserving young woman of African descent, residing in the local area.

Alpha Kappa Alpha is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-trained women. Founded in 1908, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., Alpha Kappa Alpha’s mission is to cultivate and to encourage high scholastic and ethical standards.

Iota Chi Omega chapter awards the Sharon K. Grimes Memorial Scholarship each year to a deserving young woman of African descent, residing in the local area.