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2003 Private Endowed Scholarships and Fellowship Recipients
CAROLYN OSBURN SCHOLARSHIP
The family and friends of Carolyn Osburn established this scholarship in recognition of her battle with Hodgkin’s disease and the realization of her dream to graduate from the College of Education and Human Services. Each year a chosen College of Education major receives a $500 award. This year Alyssa Johnson has been chosen as the 2003 Carolyn Osburn Scholar.
ALPHA DELTA KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP
The President’s Council of Jacksonville Alpha Delta Kappa awards this annual $300 scholarship to a student who is majoring in education at the University of North Florida. The student must have a grade point average of 3.0 or above and submit an essay for review. Kelly Schank is this year’s Alpha Delta Kappa Scholar. The Beta Theta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa also provided a one time $250 scholarship. The award was given to Jayme DePaola.
2003 GLADYS RODDENBERRY FELLOWS
The Gladys Roddenberry Fellowship is funded by a generous gift from Jacksonville-based investment manager Gilchrist Berg. A graduate of local public schools, Berg created the Gladys Roddenberry Graduate Fellowships and the Gladys Prior Awards for Career Teaching Excellence to reward excellent teachers. The annual Roddenberry Graduate Fellowships include five graduate fellowships of $3,500 each. Berg named the fellowships after Gladys Roddenberry, who was Berg’s sixth grade teacher at Ortega Elementary School.
The 2003 Gladys Roddenberry Fellows are Roshan Byrd, Greenfield Elementary School; Arvin Johnson, Hyde Grove Elementary School; Karen Johnson-Wade, Eugene Butler Middle School; Charles McWhite, North Shore Elementary School; and Laura Yacek,
St. Clair Evans Academy.
The COEHS served over 2,400 students during 2002-2003 (1,738 degree-seeking students and 674 non-degree certification students). Figure 3 breaks down the 1,738 degree-seeking students into the number and percent enrolled in each of the academic programs within the college. Elementary Education accounted for the largest percentage of the college’s enrollment (41.7 percent), with Educational Leadership accounting for the second largest percentage (20.9 percent).
D. CHANSLOR HOWELL SCHOLARSHIP
The D. Chanslor Howell Scholarship is an endowment funded by Judith Wiggins Howell, a University of North Florida graduate. She endowed the fellowship in honor of her late husband, D. Chanslor Howell. The 2003 Howell Scholar is Sally Scroggins.
PEGGY AND ROBERT WARE SCHOLARSHIPS
Peggy and Robert Ware, both COEHS alumni, set up two endowed scholarships in 1990 with matching funds from the IBM Corporation. The Peggy Ware Scholarship awards $500 annually, preferably to a minority senior in special education. The Robert Ware Scholarship program awards $500 each year to a junior or senior majoring in education. Marsha Davis, Marlena Fuller and Melissa Gothard are the 2003 Peggy Ware Scholars, and Matthew Campese and Ashley Green are the 2003 Robert Ware Scholars.
FLORIDA SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
The Bent Family Foundation established the Florida School Book Depository Graduate Fellowship in 1998. The fellowship provides selected doctoral or master’s students in education awards of at least $1,500 each year through the endowed graduate fellowship program. Four graduate students were awarded the fellowship for 2003, Michael Barber, Amy Bunch, Sarah Hindman, Jennifer Painter.
IRWIN AND ELIZABETH ZEKARIA ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Irwin and Elizabeth Zekaria established this endowed scholarship in 1998 to assist students working to obtain a college degree in deaf education. Each recipient is awarded $1,500 per year. The 2003 Zekaria Scholars are Sarah Calhoun, Casey Davidson, Tamika Jenkins and Bridget Koch Turner.
Gilchrist Berg recognized 4 Jacksonville career teachers by awarding them each $12,000 in recognition of their dedication to area students and the teaching profession.
Elizabeth Renfroe,
Stanton College Preparatory School;
Marilyn Olin, Paxon School for Advanced Studies;
Jan Tipton, Alimacani Elementary School; and
Donna Hamm, Jacksonville Country Day School received Gladys Prior Awards for Career Teaching Excellence, which were announced during ceremonies at the schools on May 12 and 13.
This is the sixth year the awards have been presented, thanks to the generosity of Jacksonville native Gilchrist Berg, founder and president of Water Street Capital, an investment firm based in Jacksonville. Berg established the awards, which are administered by the University of North Florida, to honor Gladys Prior, his fourth-grade teacher at Ortega Elementary School. Berg said Prior saw his potential and encouraged him to succeed.
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