This scholarship was established in 2001 by Georgia Southern alumnus Joseph R. Pond. Pond grew up in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from the Academy of Richmond in 1961. He earned his bachelors in Business in 1965 from Georgia Southern College. Following graduation,...

The J. Richard Henry, Jr. Accounting Endowed Scholarship was created by J. Richard Henry and Dorothy V. Henry in honor and in memory of their son who unfortunately passed away in 2015 from cancer at the young age of 56. Richard was born in Swainsboro, GA and grew up...

This scholarship was established in 2014 by Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Sandra Bigwood in memory of their mother and mother-in-law, Ms. Jaunita Clifton. Clifton was born in January of 1925 in Brooklet, Georgia. She graduated from Georgia Teachers College in 1940 with a...

This scholarship was established in 2002 by the Honorable Faye Sanders Martin. Hon. Martin was born in 1934 in Brooklet, Georgia to a family of farmers. Following her high school graduation, Faye began working as a secretary for Cohen Anderson, a lawyer in...

This scholarship was established in honor and memory of Judge Grady L. Dickey and his wife, Sara L. Dickey by the Armstrong Alumni Association. Judge Dickey attended public schools in Chatham County, Georgia and graduated from Commercial High School in 1942....

Established in 2002, this scholarship is available to students accepted into the Masters of Public Health Community Health Graduate program. Dr. McLaughlin served as a professor of Public Health and was named Associate Professor Emerita of Public Health in 2003. She...

This scholarship was established in 1997 by the Armstrong Alumni Association in honor of Mrs. Jule Rossiter Stanfield. Mrs. Stanfield graduated from Armstrong Junior College in 1939 and became employed by the college as a Controller in 1952. Mrs. Stanfield served as...

This scholarship was established in 1983 by Dr. Julia Floyd Smith, former History Department professor at Georgia Southern for nearly two decades. For her dedication, she was named Professor Emerita of History upon her retirement. Dr. Smith began her journey at...

Julie Backus Smith was born on August 12, 1946, in Atlanta, Georgia. She spent most of her youth and adult life as a resident of Savannah. A graduate of Savannah Country Day School, she attended Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, VA) and went on to graduate from the...

When Monty Davis and Lee Murray, both Georgia Southern alumni and Kappa Sigma brothers, died quite suddenly just a few months from one another, a few of the brothers decided to establish a scholarship. The scholarship was to awarded annually to a Kappa Sigma...

Modern day Kappa Sigma was founded one chilly evening in the fall of 1869, as five students attending the University of Virginia in Charlottesville gathered in the room of William Grigsby McCormick, at 46 East Lawn, and planted the seed of brotherhood. William...

This scholarship was started in honor of Kathryn Burton Olliff’s 90th birthday. Mrs. Olliff worked as a nurse for a majority of her life, particularly within the Statesboro community. During her life, she has received the Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Award and...

Established in 1992 by Georgia Teachers College alumnus (1956) Kelly E. Powell and his wife, Georgia Southern College alumna (1960) Nella Shepard Powell. Kelly was born in 1936 in Wrightsville, Georgia and had a thirty-seven year career with Georgia Pacific...

Kemira Pigments, Inc. is a subsidiary of Kemira Oy, the Finnish Chemicals Group, with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Kemira Oy has production plants in twenty countries and employs approximately eleven thousand people worldwide. Kemira Pigments produces titanium...

Gone with the Wind was Margaret Mitchell’s most famous work, but a virtually unknown collection of her writings is having a much more direct influence on Georgia Southern students. Ken Dyar (’76) and Rachel Rhodes-Dyar (’76) have endowed the Laura Dyar Scholarship...

This scholarship was established in 2000 by Georgia Southern alumnus Kent King. Mr. King graduated in 1979 with his bachelor’s in Management. Originally from Birmingham, Michigan, he now serves as the Director of Purchasing at Home Depot in Atlanta, Georgia. This...

Established in 2002, this scholarship memorializes the lives of K.N. and Leamon Stephens. K.N. Stephens was born in 1900 and married Leamon Stephens on May 3rd, 1929. This scholarship is available to incoming freshmen who have an SAT score between 900 and 1100 with a...

Mrs. Laney C. Jen, professor at Savannah State University, has been a resident of Savannah since 1973. She was born in Shanghai, China and came to the United States in February 1949 as a student at New York State University majoring in Pulp and Paper Manufacturing....

This scholarship was established in 1991 by alumni from Laurens County high schools. The purpose of this scholarship is to provide educational opportunities of Laurens County students and to increase the awareness of the good works of the Georgia Southern Alumni...

Merging the fields of science and education was always a lifelong pursuit and passion for Martha Cain and her late husband, Lee. The professors emeriti of Georgia Southern spent decades sharing their enthusiasm and knowledge of science with hundreds of students, and...

This scholarship was founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Leonard Blount and his wife, Betty. Blount owns multiple businesses in Statesboro such as La Berry Frozen Yogurt Café, Shane’s Rib Shack, Mellow Mushroom, and others. The Waynesboro native attended Georgia Southern...

This scholarship was established in 2001 by the family of Leslie Adele Strozier. Leslie was born in October of 1958 in Savannah, Georgia and was a second-generation student of Armstrong when she enrolled as an early admissions honor student in 1975 as a Mathematics...

This scholarship was established in 1998 by the late L.E. “Sonny” Deavours. Deavours graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1968 with a degree in General Business. He was a member of the Atlanta Eagle Club, Charter 1906 Society, and Alumni Association. During...

Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans was a generous philanthropist and accomplished businesswoman. She was the wife of Joseph B. Whitehead, one of the original bottlers of Coca-Cola. At his death, she assumed management of his business affairs, establishing the Whitehead...

The Levon S. Jones, Jr. Memorial Scholarship is established in memory of Bulloch County native Levon S. “Bena” Jones, Jr.. Jones was born in 1979 and graduated from Statesboro High School in 1998. He then enrolled in Georgia Southern as a full-time student. He was an...

This scholarship was established in 1999 by Mr. James D. Henley (1976) and Mrs. Donna Henley (1977), both of whom are Georgia Southern University College of Business alumni, in honor of Mr. Lewis Stewart, a long-time Georgia Southern employee and friend. Mr. Stewart...

Established in 1981 by Delta Sigma Pi, this scholarship memorializes their advisor, Dr. Lon Carnes. A Jonesboro, Georgia native, Dr. Carnes attended the University of Georgia where he was an active member of the Kappa Sigma Beta Lambda chapter and served as Grand...

Established in 2012 by Dr. Lon Carnes, this scholarship recognizes the twenty-seven years of service Dr. Carnes put forth into Georgia Southern University. A Jonesboro, Georgia native, Dr. Carnes attended the University of Georgia where he was an active member of the...

Giving 100 percent was more than a goal for former athletic trainer Lori Mobley Groover. It was her way of life.Totally committed to the field of athletic training, Groover was intensely focused on the task at hand, whether tending to an injured athlete or teaching a...

This scholarship was founded by Dr. Bill and Mrs. Martha Lovejoy. Dr. Lovejoy graduated from Muskingum University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. At Muskingum, he was the Sports Editor for their student magazine and a member of the varsity football and...