Alabama Crime Victims Endowed Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Background
The Alabama Crime Victims’ Dependents Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Quenette Shehane, who was murdered in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1976.
Contact the Financial Aid and Scholorship Program at Auburn University for more information about the Alabama Crime Victims’ Dependents Endowed Scholarship Fund.
Quenette’s Legacy
Quenette Shehane completed her undergraduate degree Birmingham Southern College and planned to pursue a master’s degree at Auburn University. Her goal was to be an elementary school teacher. Tragically, she was never able to realize that dream.
To honor her memory, the Shehane family and VOCAL - Victims of Crime and Leniency, Inc., established a scholarship at Auburn University for children of homicide victims.
To be eligible for consideration a student must be an undergraduate who has attained admission to Auburn University as a beginning freshman or transfer student.
The student must have attained a satisfactory academic record in all prior courses completed as determined by Student financial Aid.
The student must be 25 years of age or under at the time the crime was committed, and the student’s principal residence must be in the State of Alabama.
Preference will be given to students who have financial need as determined by Student financial Aid.