Submitted by\ Shirley Simmons
The CSP is delighted to introduce our candidate for the Sallie Southall Cotton Scholarship for 2025.\ Ruby Isabelle McFalls is a senior at Fuquay-Varina High School who ranks 24th in her class.\ \
Named for her grandmother, she prefers to be called \“Izzy.\”\ The youngest child in her family, with two older brothers enrolled at NCSU, she is not yet sure where she may enroll.\ Eddie and Emily McFalls are her proud parents.
Her career interest lies in math and engineering.\ She has participated in several seminars on clean water, stormwater, and wastewater which intrigue her as fields of importance to our world.\
During her high school years, she has participated in 7 musical/ drama productions and is currently auditioning for an upcoming performance.\ \ As an individual, she works with the children\’s choir at FVUMC and earned high praise for her empathy and rapport with children.
Our Education and Libraries CSP is working on the hygiene products collection for student bathrooms.\ We were excited to know that she was one of the founding students of WHOA (Women\’s Health Outreach Advocates) at FVHS.\ This is one of the schools to which our club is contributing supplies.\ \ The club\’s major focus plans speakers and informational sessions on women\’s issues at regular meetings.
During her summers, Izzy has worked with Meredith College summer operettas and with Aqua Tots Swim School in Holly Springs.\ \ Additionally, she is a Key Club member, a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society.
Izzy will be able not only to select the university of her preference but also the field of her interest.\ Science, math, music, drama\—\— she can go in many directions.
Her interview was enthusiastic and inspiring.\ Her next interview will be the\ District VI competition for the Sallie Southall Cotton Scholarship at the February Arts Festival.\ \ If she is selected the winner at that level, she will then compete along with nine other district winners at the State Arts Festival for the GFWC Scholarship 2024.
