by Rhonda Minton
It’s getting close to that time of the year when Texarkana College will begin the process of choosing the scholarship recipients for this year’s Faculty Association Scholarship Fund. This year’s scholarship committee consists of Kerin Reed, Robert Mill, Tony Hartman, Lou Ella Humphrey, Patricia Moore, Tom Furlow, David Allard, Lauren Hehmeyer and John Stuart.
Last year, over forty qualified students applied for the scholarships. The committee had to narrow the choice down to ten students.
Reed, a TC counselor and member of the committee, said that this year the committee made the requirements stiffer. One change is in the GPA requirement. The previous 3.0 GPA was raised to 3.5 GPA.
In the fund’s 15 years of existence, TC students have been awarded 95 scholarships totaling $13,300.
The money for these scholarships comes from interest earned on a C.D. and checking account, contributions made during the year by groups and individuals usually in honor or memory of someone and payroll deductions.
“Also to raise a little more money, we’re going to have a faculty textbook drive,” Reed said. “A similar drive, held a few years ago, raised about $200.”
Last year’s winners of the faculty scholarships and their field of study were Anita Marie Acree, A.D.N.; Mark Everett Allen, pre-med; Joseph Dale Conley, economics; Sherry Lynn Hall, special education and English; Michael Stephen McCoskey, electrical engineering and Melissa Jane Willoughby, accounting; all academic students.
Dawna Jean McKamie, office occupations; Patricia Elaine McMurrough, cosmetology and Beth Ann Willock, cosmetology; all vocational students.