October 14, 2011 - Rome native Cheryl Culp, a senior general studies major at Shorter University, has received the Achievement Scholarship from the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation. The $1,500 scholarship is presented to students who have been recommended by a local alumna or advisor to the Zeta Tau Alpha chapter. The recipients must demonstrate leadership qualities within the ZTA chapter, campus and community in addition to maintaining a high scholastic average.

Culp has been active in Shorter’s Student Government Association since her freshman year. She was a senator during her freshman year, director of the Fitton Activities Board during her sophomore and junior years, and is serving as president of SGA during her senior year.

She is involved on campus by being a peer mentor, a peer tutor, a Shorter Orientation Staff member and Camp Hawk Coordinator. She is a member of Alpha Chi, the Academic of Aristaeus honors program, and the Shorter Relations Society.

The daughter of David Culp and Millie Culp, Cheryl is a 2008 honor graduate of Rome High School. She is a member of West Rome Baptist Church, where she works with the preschool ministry.