Vernita and Emerson Fullwood

Emerson and Vernita Fullwood established the Emerson U. and Vernita Fullwood Endowed Scholarship to support Rochester City School District students demonstrating academic promise and/or financial challenges as they pursue their career and educational goals at MCC. Ideal candidates will demonstrate a significant financial need and have limited available resources to fund their education.

Fullwood is a retired Xerox Corporate Vice President who served as President of South & Latin America, President of the Worldwide Customer Services Group, President of the Global Channels Division and President of the Xerox Office Business. In addition to university/college and community boards , he serves as a Board of Director for The Vanguard Group, The Vanguard Funds, SPXFLOW Corporation, Amerigroup Corporation(former) and General Signal Corporation(former). Vernita is a retired Educator for the Fairfield , Connecticut Schools and the Rochester City Schools.

“The scholarship we created through the MCC Foundation supports RCSD students continued education at MCC. Since 2014 we’ve been able to help 18 students who may otherwise not been able to go to college. Now that the scholarship is endowed, we will be able to continue to help MCC students for many years to come. We are proud of our students and know when they graduate from MCC they’re prepared for the workforce or next step in their education. It brings us great to joy to be part of their journey.” – Emerson U. Fullwood