July 7, 2025
The Meeting Street Scholarship Fund is expanding its support for students through new guidance on how to succeed in college and beyond.
The guidance has two parts: a new set of core values and a roadmap of college success milestones. The core values are intended to provide a broad sense of direction and purpose, while the roadmap offers concrete steps.
“We’ve learned a lot during these past four years about what it takes for recipients to thrive academically and personally on campus, and we want to share those lessons and empower even more students to accomplish their goals,” said Scholarship managing director John Huber-MacNealy.
One impetus for developing the core values was the desire of recipients to create an even stronger sense of community, he said. As more recipients expressed curiosity about what it meant to be a Meeting Street Scholarship recipient, the Scholarship team studied the traits and behaviors of successful students and engaged in discussions with college partners, potential employers, and the Scholarship’s founders.
The five values are:
“We’re asking students to think big and grow into the very best version of themselves,” Huber-MacNealy said. “This is a framework that meets them where they are and offers every student the opportunity to build habits and mindsets that will foster long-term success and well-being.”
The second piece of guidance is a four-year college roadmap, which introduces expectations early and builds toward graduation and career readiness.
The roadmap is:
From encouraging early academic engagement and campus involvement to promoting internships and part-time work, the roadmap is structured to help students reach key milestones throughout college and ensure they are career-ready upon graduating.
One standout recipient who has modeled the Scholarship’s values and roadmap is Caroline Lord, a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business.
Throughout her college career, Lord embodied what it meant to expect excellence by maintaining her scholarship for all four years and excelling academically. After she built a strong academic foundation during her first year on campus, she sought experience through her roles as a student ambassador, peer mentor, and sorority member. She obtained competitive internship opportunities for two consecutive summers while maintaining a part-time job to supplement her income. She graduated on time and began her career as a marketing professional with a top business firm in Greenville, highlighting the benefits of an intentional approach to college.
“The Meeting Street Scholarship Fund is committed to creating a community of hard-working, resilient, and service-oriented leaders,” Huber-MacNealy said. “We are confident these resources are helpful for students in college and beyond.”