College students encouraged to apply for Advocate’s 2025 $1,000 scholarship

Scholarship applications are being accepted now for the South Carolina United Methodist Advocate annual $1,000 college scholarship.

Requests for the scholarship are due March 1.

The scholarship is for South Carolina United Methodist students for the 2025-2026 academic year who are planning to attend or are attending one of the four United Methodist colleges in South Carolina: Claflin University, Columbia College, Spartanburg Methodist College or Wofford College.

Students ideally will have an interest in communications, journalism or business.

Required are an application with an essay, a college or high school transcript, and a letter from the senior pastor of the applicant’s home church or a college chaplain confirming the applicant is a United Methodist and describing their participation.

Learn more and download the application at https://advocatesc.org/scholarships. For questions, email [email protected].