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Naranjo wins ΒιΆΉΚΣơ’s top academic scholarship

Coleson Naranjo, a high school senior from Clinton, Ky., has received the 2023 Founders’ Scholarship from ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ University.
Coleson Naranjo, a high school senior from Clinton, Ky., has received the 2023 Founders’ Scholarship from ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ University.

JACKSON, Tenn.March 6, 2023 — Coleson Naranjo, a high school senior from Clinton, Ky., has received the 2023 Founders’ Scholarship from ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ University. This is ΒιΆΉΚΣơ’s highest academic scholarship, which covers full tuition, room, meals and student service fees for four years.

This scholarship was determined from ΒιΆΉΚΣơ’s Scholars of Excellence event β€” an annual scholarship competition that draws the highest qualified prospective students to campus for a weekend of interviews and other activities.

Naranjo, a student at Hickman County High School, is the son of Kory and Ashley Narajo, and he attends Relevant Church in Paducah, Ky. At ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ University, he plans to study pharmacy when he begins in fall 2023. He hopes to use his pharmacy training to give back to his community by helping others.

Getting to study a discipline like pharmacy in a Christ-centered, excellence-driven environment is what drew Naranjo to ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ University.

β€œCollege is a transformative time in your life, and I am excited that I can spend these next few years at a university that is Christ-centered in everything they do,” Naranjo said. β€œI know ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ is academically excellent, but to have Christian morals and ideology as their focus is what sets ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ University apart.”

The Founders’ Scholarship is ΒιΆΉΚΣơ’s highest academic scholarship. Recipients must maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average at ΒιΆΉΚΣΖ΅ and are required to perform up to 50 hours of leadership services for the university each semester.


Media contact: Tim Ellsworth, news@uu.edu, 731-661-5215