The Delta State University Alumni Association is committed to providing scholarships for students of alumni. The Hugh Ellis Walker Alumni Scholarship is a one-time $500 scholarship given to incoming freshman or transfer students whose parents are dues-paying members of the Alumni Association. Over the past five years, 85 students have received these scholarships.
This year’s recipients are: Morgan Lott, Greenville; Zach Pinkerton, Cleveland; Anna Laura Wood, Cleveland; Kourtney Winters, Moorhead; Chase Aguzzi, Cleveland; Madison Allred, Southaven; Elizabeth Bellipanni, Indianola; Mary Kendal Champion, Belzoni; Taylor Crippen, Olive Branch; Cassie Cummings, Grenada; Trey Densford, Olive Branch; Tyler Densford, Olive Branch; Tyler Edwards, Southaven; Rachel Fuller, Cleveland; Victor Rather, Jr., Oxford; Haley Liddell, Carrollton; Benjamin Pickard, Biloxi; Kelsey Rich, Southaven; Julia Simmons, Grenada; Mary Stover, Southaven; Kassidy Tally, Raleigh; Amanda Upshur, Leland; Hayden Anthony, Anguilla; and Jessica Woods, Scott.
The scholarship is named for Hugh Ellis Walker, a 1952 graduate of Delta State. In 1969, he joined Delta State as alumni secretary, serving in that post until 1987 when he was named executive director of the Alumni-Foundation. The Hugh Ellis Walker Alumni-Foundation House was dedicated in his honor in 1996. Mr. Walker recently met the 2012-2013 recipients of the scholarship.
“It was a pleasure to meet those who received the alumni scholarship,” said Walker. “We need more. The more we have, the more students we can bring in. I’m proud to be a part of this project.”
To meet this year’s recipients, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzajOtgMLqs
For more information, contact the Alumni Association at 662-846-4660 or www.deltastate.edu/awww.deltastate.edu/alumnilumni. Make sure to follow the Alumni Association on Facebook: Statesmen Graduates, Twitter: @DSU_Alumni, and Tumblr: www.dsualumni.tumblr.com.
