Mr. Denard Haney, a junior from Winston-Salem, N.C. majoring in business administration, has been selected to receive a $2,425 UPS Foundation Scholarship provided through the North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (NCICU) for 2015-2016. NCICU is a statewide association for private colleges and universities that is affiliated with the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). At the national level, CIC teams up with the UPS Foundation to distribute funding of the UPS Scholarship.

CIC has awarded nearly $1.5 million in scholarships from its UPS Educational Endowment Fund to private institutions of higher learning across the nation, including a grant of $87,300 to the North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities.

The scholarships are awarded on the basis of the students’ academic achievement and financial need.