The University Libraries awarded 28 scholarships for the 2025-2026 school year. The selection committee, consisting of Griffin Anderson, Diana Beasley, Kelly Burkett, Mark Coltrain, Martha Marking, Dea Rice and Lynn Patterson, Ex Officio, reported a record number of excellent applications.
The 2025-26 class of 28 recipients is the largest since the program’s beginning in 2008.
The Nicki Lynn Turner Memorial Scholarship was selected on Scholars Day to a deserving incoming First Year student. The recipient will be announced soon.
Library Student Employee Scholarships are renewable permitting the student remains employed with the University Libraries in good standing. Returning Scholarship winners included the following students:
Alexandra Butters
Illiana Christian
Ileana Gomez Arceo
Payton Knott
Derik Kinkopf
Madison Northup
Lily Tunstall
Endowment Scholarship recipients for the 2025-2025 academic year are:
The Emma Horton Moore Scholarship is our highest paying scholarship and one of our most prestigious was awarded to Bright Uwakwe.
The Randy and Sara Charles Stevens Scholarship has a higher pay out and is earmarked for first generation scholarships who live in the Appalachian Region. The Scholarship was awarded to Anna Dishman.
One of the Barbara and Larry Frieman Scholarship was awarded to Lily Seymour.
New scholarship recipients for the 2025-2025 academic year are:
Raina Rajkumar
Jazmyn Mason
Brenna Mcnamara
Sabina Gomes
Melody Oxendine
Luke Judd
Uriel Rivera Herrera
Samantha Chavez Gonzalez
Brooke Hefner
Sydney Laddin
Brianna Moreira
Nicholas Reid
Molly Nall
Ashlyn Chucci
Liam Dumaine
Anna Mock
Lucy Franzen
