MSUās Center for Distance Education announces scholarship recipients
Contact: Joni W. Seitz
STARKVILLE, Miss.āĻć½¶Ö±²„ās Center for Distance Education is announcing three recipients of its second annual āDistance Makes a Differenceā scholarships.
The recipients were chosen from nearly 160 qualified applicants who completed an essay questionnaire. Responses illustrated how distance education enables each recipient to achieve personal academic goals, as well as life lessons learned while pursuing education online. Applicants also discussed how the scholarship would help them in completing an online degree.
Students receiving the $1,000 scholarships represent MSUās colleges of Business and Education. They include:
āHeather Hefner of Myrtle. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in elementary education with a concentration in middle school.
āJinna Alston of Rose Hill. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in elementary education with a concentration in middle school.Ā
āDrew Simmons of Ladson, South Carolina. He is pursuing a Master of Business Administration in project management.
āWe are very pleased to invest in the online education of Heather, Jinna and Drew through the āDistance Makes a Differenceā Scholarship Fund,ā said Susan Seal, executive director for the Center for Distance Education. āAs we reviewed their applications, it was abundantly apparent that they are determined to overcome obstacles to completing their degrees in order to enhance their abilities to support their families and serve their communities.ā
Seal said the CDE is able to award these scholarships because of gifts from generous donors. To make a gift to the Distance Education Scholarship Fund, visit . Under āgive now,ā choose āotherā and designate the gift for the Center for Distance Education Scholarships.
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