2001-2003 Catalog - University of Arkansas at Monticello

Arkansas-Monticello
Established by the family of Verna Cahoon, Elizabeth
Cochran, and Cornelia Wright. A minimum of two
recipients are to be chosen; one must be a music major
and the other a nursing major. Recipients must be a
resident in Southeast Arkansas. Recommendations will
be made from the Division of Music and Division of
Nursing to the Scholarship Committee.
G. William & Verna Cahoon Scholarship.
Established by the family of G. William & Verna
Cahoon. A minimum of two recipients will be chosen;
one must be a history major and the other an English
major. Recipients must be a Southeast Arkansas resident.
Recommendations will be made to the Scholarship
Committee by the School of Social & Behavorial
Sciences and the School of Arts & Humanities.
Benjamin and Jerri Whitten Hobson Scholarship.
Established by the family of Benjamin and Jerri Whitten
Hobson. A minimum of two recipients are to be chosen;
one must be a history major and the other an English
major, and must be a resident of Southeast Arkansas.
The School of Social & Behavorial Sciences and the
School of Arts & Humanities will make recommendations
to the Scholarship Committee.
Dr. Claude H. Babin Scholarship. Established by
Mr. & Mrs. Hunter Babin, former students, faculty and
friends of Dr. Claude H. Babin. The recipient(s) of this
scholarship must be a history and/or political science
major. The UAM Scholarship Committee will choose
the recipient.
Randall Leister Scholarship. Established by
friends of Randall Leister. Mr. Leister graduated with a
degree in forestry from Arkansas A&M in 1958 and
retired from the Arkansas Forestry Commission in 1997.
The recipient(s) of this scholarship must be a forestry
major and a resident of Arkansas.
Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship. Established by the
Estate of Mrs. Evelyn Binns. The recipient(s) must be a
pre-medicine or nursing major and will be chosen by the
UAM Scholarship Committee.
B. Endowed Awards
An endowed award is funded by interest
from a principal amount donated to the
institution. The institution does not make an
award from the endowed principal, and
therefore, the award continues for as long as the
institution retains the principal donation.
Fay Brann Award. Awarded in memory of Mr. Fay
Brann to a student from Drew County who is majoring
in accounting.
Jeff Busby Memorial. Awarded in memory of Jeff
Busby, a business administration major at the University.
Awarded to a junior who has a declared major in
accounting.
Suzanne Cooke Memorial. Awarded in memory of
Financial Assistance
Suzanne Cooke, a 1971 graduate of Arkansas A&M
College. Awarded to a student who has a declared major
in education or music, and has a specific interest in
special education or in working with handicapped
children.
John W. White Award. Established by Trannye O.
White in memory of Mr. White. This award is given to a
student majoring in forestry.
C. Annual Awards
An annual award is made from funds
received on a regular basis from a donor. The
award continues only as long as the donor funds
the scholarship.
Allied Poultry. A one-year award in agriculture
that is funded by money received from Allied Poultry
Industries and matched by funds from individual
donors.
Alumni Association Scholarship. These
scholarships are funded by the Alumni who pay yearly
dues to the Alumni Association. The Alumni Board of
Directors award the scholarships at Homecoming.
Recipient(s) of the award must be either a junior or
senior and have a 2.75 GPA. Recipients are nominated
to the Alumni Board by each academic department and
selected by the Alumni Association Board.
Arkansas Bankers Association (Group V).
Awarded on an alternate basis between the University of
Arkansas-Monticello and the University of Arkansas at
Pine Bluff. Recipient must be a business major or express
an interest in a banking career.
Farmer’s Grain Terminal Award. Established by
Farmer’s Grain Terminal, Inc. of Greenville, Mississippi.
The recipient of this award must be from Drew, Desha,
Ashley, or Chicot counties. The donors will initially
fund only one student at a time for four years of college
work. The UAM Scholarship Committee will select the
recipient.
James A. Hudson Memorial. Funded by the James
A. Hudson Memorial, Inc., and awarded to a junior or
senior student with a declared major in forestry.
W. W. and Anne Jones. Funded in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Jones by the Jones Trust and awarded to
a student with a declared major in forestry.
Jewell Minnis Scholarship. Established by the
Jewell Minnis Trust on each campus of the University of
Arkansas system. The scholarships are awarded to
students with less than 30 hours of college credit. Several
awards are made to new students 25 years of age or older
from this fund.
Paula O’Briant Non-traditional Business Award.
Funded by a UAM graduate, Ms. Paula O’Briant of
DeWitt, Arkansas. This award is given to a nontraditional
single parent pursuing a degree in business.
J. A. Riggs. Funded in memory of J. A. Riggs,
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