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return to Scholarships main menu Zoe E. Collymore Page Scholarship FundThe Zoe E. Collymore Page (ZECP) scholarship is for Black Deaf or hearing students in an Interpreter Training Program (ITP). NBDA receives numerous correspondence or inquiries regarding financial assistance from students entering or continuing in an ITP. The scholarship has been named in honored of a well-known Black interpreter who is no longer with us except in spirit. Zoe E. Collymore Page was the first Black student to enter Gallaudet College Associate Degree Interpreter Training Program. While pursuing her degree, Zoe was employed by Gallaudet and worked as a residence education assistant at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf and a freelance interpreter. She was a founder of Bridges and Sowers, which was an advocacy support groups for the Deaf, and she was a member of the Nubian Study Group, an organization for the study of classical African civilizations. Zoe made several trips to Brenu Akyinim in Ghana where she found her roots and wings. After returning to the States, Zoe longed for Mother Africa. Zoe resigned from her job and returned to the village in Brenu Akyinim. Zoe received the distinct recognition of being called a village elder and she was invited to the membership of the village council, which is consider a distinct honor for an American. She helped to establish a day care center and raised money for training in Animal Husbandry. She also trained teacher and helped recruit a staff to prepare nutritionally balance meals for young children. Zoe passed away shortly after her return to Africa. Her remains were accepted into the bosom of Mother Africa and her soul returned to her Father on October 8, 1993.
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