Brooks Family Scholarship

In November of 2016, Randy Brooks announced to The Citadel Foundation his intention to establish the Brooks Family Scholarship with a gift of $150,000 paid in full on December 3, 2016. Mr Brooks is establishing the Brooks Family Scholarship in honor of his family’s history with a strong affinity for The Citadel. He recognizes that The Citadel helped to forge his personal foundation based on honor, duty, and respect, and the school did the same for his sons, Andrew L. Brooks, ‘06, and Justin P. Brooks, ’11. It is Colonel Brooks’s intent to pay tribute to his family and The Citadel with this gift as well as to act as an example of philanthropy to others. The primary purpose of this endowment is to provide funds to support sophomore, junior, and senior cadets who have a demonstrated financial need making them otherwise unable to continue their education at The Citadel. The college’s Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships administers the scholarship program at The Citadel. Endowed scholarships are awarded on a year-to-year basis. A student who is the recipient one (1) year is eligible for consideration in subsequent years; however, he or she must again comply with the selection criteria. From year to year, a student’s financial need many change; therefore, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships may use its discretion to change the award recipient, the award amount or both, with respect to a student’s total financial aid package. As a rule, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships will use scholarship awards to benefit as many students as possible.