Mrs. Donnyetta Rogers

The College of New Rochelle

2016 Scholarship Award Recipient

Ms. Kendall McDowell

High Point University

2022 Scholarship Award Recipient

Ms. Kabah Ess

Medgar Evers College

2012 Scholarship Award Recipient

HELPING TO CHANGE THE WORLD...ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

The Robert Covington College Scholarship seeks to award qualified applicants monetary assistance to pursue their academic goals. The Robert Covington College Scholarship is open to academically talented U.S. citizens and permanent residents from ethnic and racial backgrounds. Qualified applicants must demonstrate proven leadership capability, intellectual curiosity, ideals regarding social justice and community service. These are ideals that Robert Covington embodied.

Robert Covington was born the youngest of nine children to Walter and Maggie Jewel Terry Covington in Rockingham, North Carolina. His primary and secondary education was received in the Ellerbe and Rockingham School Districts located in North Carolina; where he was affectionately referred to as Joe Cubred and to those extremely close to him, as the King of Rockingham. During this time, Robert was respected as the youngest business owner in his hometown. He was notably successful and possessed a keen intellect for managing with a steady hand. At the tender age of 15 Robert, met the love of his life. Shortly thereafter, on August 22, 1961, he married his partner for life Sylvia Covington. These two destined lovebirds shortly relocated to New York and started to establish their family. To this union 5 children were born, Traun, Alison, Orlando, Kimmie and Darius.

While living in New York Robert attended The New York State Air Resources School receiving a degree in Engineering. He also attended LaSalle University receiving a degree in Stationary Engineering. He took pride in providing for his family as an Engineer in the Yorkville area of New York City overseeing numerous sites at a time and leading large teams of men. Robert also attended The Manhattan Bible Institute, where he gained insight to biblical truth. Robert was an avid learner and encouraged others to pursue higher learner.

Robert's early Christian experience initially began as a child at both Lee Thee AME Zion and The Temple Church of God in Christ, both located in Rockingham, North Carolina. Upon migrating to New York, he accepted the Lord as his Savior and received the gift of the Holy Ghost in 1974 at The Gospel Temple Church of America. During his tenure at Gospel Temple Robert was faithful to the choir, deacons and minister’s board. He was soon elevated to the office of Pastor, first at The True Zion Gospel Temple and then he relocated his membership to Mount Vernon and became the Senior Pastor of Holy Temple #2, which later changed its name to Pentecostal Deliverance Church of Christ, Inc.

Reverend Covington was known and is remembered for his love of people, the tremendous anointing that rested upon his life, his seriousness about and commitment to ministry and his love and devotion to his family. He is remembered for his impeccable leadership qualities, both as a manager in his secular career and also the demonstration and manifestation of the power of God which was exemplified in the multitude of souls that were filled with the Holy Ghost, delivered from drug addiction, illnesses and demons. He was a man of much prayer. He is known for his legendary devotion to his family, the ministry he served in the capacity of Sr. Pastor and the community at large. he was an example of being a lifelong learner. His hand print rest upon the lives of many far and near.