Students Promised Scholarships Ask, 'Where's My Money?'
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Being a member of Prairie View's Marching Storm band is a pretty big deal.
Like star athletes, many members were recruited by the college while still in high school.
"I turned down several other scholarships from several other schools," freshman band member Dane Linyard said.
Prairie View's promise of thousands in scholarship money is the reason some band members said they chose the university.
"I feel lied to," Linyard said. "Because they promised me money I didn't get."
Linyard has black-and-white proof Prairie View awarded him a $5,000 scholarship.
But what doesn’t have in writing is a promise.
When he was a high school senior, Linyard said a university official promised him a four-year ride if he played trombone for the marching band.
"Somebody, somebody out there would see his talent and they did.
"Prairie View was the only one that told him, flat out, he would never have to worry about the money," said Ann Patterson, Linyard’s mother.
But getting the scholarship money, even the $5,000 Linyard can prove he was awarded, has been difficult.
In fact, he didn't see a dime of the money until recently.
"They gave me $3,000 which was just enough to cover my housing so I wouldn't get kicked out of school," he said.
"Freshman year, I was promised a scholarship and didn't receive it," marching band member Katherine Horne said.
These band members said they too were promised scholarships from the university, and like Linyard said, there's documentation to prove it.
Aaron Thomas was promised $2,000, but said he has yet to see a dime of it.
"They just give me the run-around, tell me talk to this person, talk to that person," Thomas said.
Band member Terrance Rowe said he was promised a $1,000 a semester.
"I was promised a scholarship but didn't get one," Rowe said.
"I was offered the money in May when I auditioned," freshman band member Shevon Hubbard said. "So it should have been here by now."
Read more: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/new...cholarships-ask-wheres-my-money#ixzz1jwSicnZL
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - Being a member of Prairie View's Marching Storm band is a pretty big deal.
Like star athletes, many members were recruited by the college while still in high school.
"I turned down several other scholarships from several other schools," freshman band member Dane Linyard said.
Prairie View's promise of thousands in scholarship money is the reason some band members said they chose the university.
"I feel lied to," Linyard said. "Because they promised me money I didn't get."
Linyard has black-and-white proof Prairie View awarded him a $5,000 scholarship.
But what doesn’t have in writing is a promise.
When he was a high school senior, Linyard said a university official promised him a four-year ride if he played trombone for the marching band.
"Somebody, somebody out there would see his talent and they did.
"Prairie View was the only one that told him, flat out, he would never have to worry about the money," said Ann Patterson, Linyard’s mother.
But getting the scholarship money, even the $5,000 Linyard can prove he was awarded, has been difficult.
In fact, he didn't see a dime of the money until recently.
"They gave me $3,000 which was just enough to cover my housing so I wouldn't get kicked out of school," he said.
"Freshman year, I was promised a scholarship and didn't receive it," marching band member Katherine Horne said.
These band members said they too were promised scholarships from the university, and like Linyard said, there's documentation to prove it.
Aaron Thomas was promised $2,000, but said he has yet to see a dime of it.
"They just give me the run-around, tell me talk to this person, talk to that person," Thomas said.
Band member Terrance Rowe said he was promised a $1,000 a semester.
"I was promised a scholarship but didn't get one," Rowe said.
"I was offered the money in May when I auditioned," freshman band member Shevon Hubbard said. "So it should have been here by now."
Read more: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/new...cholarships-ask-wheres-my-money#ixzz1jwSicnZL
