Mr. Deal entered music education in 1926 and soon became one of the seventeen charter members who worked in the early nineteen hundreds to remold the GEA Department of Music into a lasting and encompassing structure of music education called the Georgia Music...

This scholarship was established in 2012 by Bob Lane, Jr. in memory of his father, William Jones Lane, Sr. Mr. Lane was born in June of 1920 and served over twenty years in the Georgia House of Representatives and held positions on the Appropriations Committee, the...

Established in 2003 by Rick Withers and John Hall, this scholarship memorializes the life of William Russell Wilkes. Wilkes was born in 1980 in Atlanta and passed in 2002. This scholarship is available to graduating senior of Alexander High School in Douglasville,...

Mr. Bill Herring studied management at Southern Methodist University. He now lives in Statesboro and is involved in Georgia Southern in many ways including as a scholarship donor. A candidate must be a full-time, campus based, MBA student not having a full time job....

This scholarship was established in 1998 by Jim and Barbie Wilson. Mr. Wilson graduated from Georgia Southern in 1972 with a degree in Accounting and served as President and Co-Owner of Great American Builders, Inc. During his life, Mr. Wilson has been a member of...

Established in 2006, this scholarship was created by Winifred Case Karnosky. Karnosky has the honor of being one of the first women to enlist in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve after Congress approved its formation in 1943. A previous bookkeeper, Karnosky dreamed of...

Established in 2001 by the GSU Women’s Network, this scholarship is available to an outstanding graduate student. The founders of this scholarship are Dr. Sandra J. Peacock and Rebecca S. Davis, both accomplished women. Dr. Peacock is an associate professor and the...

Established in 1982, the Woody Powell Scholarship was created in memory of Dr. Woodrow W. Powell, an outstanding Georgia Southern College faculty member and community leader within the Department of English and Literature. During his life, the late Dr. Powell served...

Established in 1985, this scholarship memorializes the legacy and life of Dr. Zach Suddath Henderson, star student and athlete of Georgia Southern University. Born in 1902 in Gillsville, Georgia, Dr. Henderson served as principal, coach, and science teacher of...

Established in 1995 by Dr. Stephen J. Farkas, this scholarship was created to honor his father, Dr. Zoltan Farkas. The elder Dr. Farkas hailed from Arad, Hungary where he had made a name for himself receiving his PhD in German, Hungarian Language, and Literature and...