Victoria Zwald Scholarship Fund

Established in 2007 by her husband Drew Zwald, this scholarship memorializes former Georgia Southern professor Victoria B. Zwald. Zwald was born in 1950 and graduated from James Blair High School in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1968. Following high school, Zwald earned her B.S in Education (Summa Cum Laude) and M.Ed. in Supervision of Special Education from Ohio University. She soon began serving as Inclusion Specialist for Chapel Hill/Carrboro City School and School-Based Consultant in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina. In 1994, Mrs. Zwald joined Georgia Southern University and traught education classes as well as supervised student teachers. During her time, she was awarded a number of grant, published many articles/book chapters/manuals, and was a member or chaired over seventy-five university, college, department or community committees. Mrs. Zwald also taught special education in public schools for eleven years. She earned fourteen international, national, state, and local honors/recognitions for her works.