US Senate Staffer and Board Member to Keynote Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Scholarship Convocation
Trey Lewis
The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Foundation will host a Scholarship Convocation Friday, Sept. 19 on the Tarboro campus. During the invitation-only event, 140 scholarships will be awarded to students for the 2025-2026 academic year. The donors who have contributed to further the education of these students will also be recognized.
Presented by Astemo, this year’s Scholarship Convocation will include a message of tenacity, hope, achievement and giving back to this community by Trey Lewis. Lewis was appointed to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Board of Trustees August 2024. He is currently a US Senate staffer for Senator Thom Tillis. The 33-year-old graduated from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» with an Associate of Arts degree, and later obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and a Master of Public Administration degree from East Carolina University. Lewis also served as the mayor of Macclesfield from December 2015 to May 2018.
A special thanks to all of the donors and to the 2025 Scholarship Convocation table sponsors. The companies who have donated at a corporate level include Astemo, Bojangles/Tands, Inc., Scoops on Main St. and WHIG-TV.
