Background
Floyd Buckner was an South Carolina educator for 39 years as well as my grandfather. In 1975 he became the Director of Federal Programs for the Colleton County School District in Walterboro S.C. He was also the first black Chairman of the Colleton County County Council. As my grandfather he instilled in me the importance of education. I loved my grandfather greatly and one of the things he always told me was to “keep on keeping on”. He was very well known in his community by always being there to help others. He taught me that you don’t have to be on T.V to be famous and in this vein, I want to give back to my community by creating this scholarship in his honor.
Scholarship Details
The Floyd Buckner Scholarship is created to help black people get into tech. Tech is one of the few fields that does not need a college degree to get into. Knowing this, the goal of this scholarship is to give the underrepresented black community the ability to enter the tech field through certifications. Here is the list of currently supported tech certs the scholarship will pay for.
Certified Data Professional (CDP)Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
CompTIA (A+, Cloud+, Security+)
Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Oracle MySQL Database Administration
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer
If you are interested in applying fill out this form https://tinyurl.com/2p83vx4n or email hbuckner96@gmail.com