Jacki Tuckfield, MBA, a champion of diversity, was an Assistant Project Manager for the Codina Development Corporation when she passed away suddenly in 1997 at age 25. Her parents, Drs. Jack and Gloria Tuckfield, established this graduate business tuition scholarship Fund as a strategy to carry forward their daughter’s vision/mission of improved diversity of career professionals in the executive, administrative and managerial levels of the South Florida workforce. This Fund (JTMGBSF) provides financial aid for the African-American South Florida resident who has earned 12 or more semester credit hours with a minimum 3.1 CGPA in his/her master’s or doctoral business degree program at a Florida university. A minimum of 3 graduate business credits must be earned in the 2010-2011 academic year. The applicant must plan to pursue his/her professional career in South Florida. To date, JTMGBSF has granted 295 awards, totaling $300,000, to recipients at eleven Florida universities. For the 2010-2011 academic years, the Fund will grant a minimum of $10,000 in $1,000 awards.
For details and an application visit:
Jacki tuckfield Memorial Scholarship Web Site or
Dade Community Foundation Web Site
Note: Note: The perpetual Jacki Tuckfield Scholarship, created by the South Florida Chapter of the National Black MBA Association, Inc. to honor Jacki’s exemplary service, has awarded $15,000 in business scholarships.