Background

SOL Engineering Services Scholarship at Mississippi State University

In 2008, Willie A. O’Neal, Jr. and Derek Starling created the SOL ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP (501443) for students with demonstrated interests and abilities in advancing the interests of African-Americans in the Bagley College of Engineering.

Candidates must meet the following criteria:

  • Be a full-time African-American student majoring in Civil or Industrial Engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering.
  • First preference shall be given to students graduating from West Lowndes High School or from a high school in the Canton Public School district, both in Mississippi.
  • If no qualified students meet the first preference, second preference shall be given to students who are Clay, Hinds, Lowndes, Madison or Oktibbeha county, Mississippi, residents.
  • If no qualified students meet the second preference, third preference shall be given to students who are Mississippi residents in any discipline in the Bagley College of Engineering.
  • If no qualified students meet the third preference, fourth preference shall be given to students who are out-of-state residents majoring in Civil or Industrial Engineering.
  • If no qualified students meet the fourth preference, fifth preference shall be given to students who are out-of-state residents in any discipline in the Bagley College of Engineering.