Students who choose to live off campus forfeit any room portion of the Academic Excellence Award. 

Students registered in accelerated online programs will not be eligible and will forfeit their scholarship.

*High school GPA will be re-calculated on 4.0 collegiate scale by admissions upon acceptance.
**Class rank requirements will not apply to homeschool students or high schools that do not rank students.

The Academic Excellence Award is compromised of a tuition scholarship and room scholarship to be applied toward on-campus residence living only.  These scholarships are awarded to students as separate awards and are subject to availability of funds. Only application submissions that meet the priority deadline are subject to both tuition and room portions of the award. 

Students who choose to live off campus forfeit any room portion of the Academic Excellence Award. 

Students registered in accelerated online programs will not be eligible and will forfeit their scholarship.

*High school GPA will be re-calculated on 4.0 collegiate scale
**Class rank requirements will not apply to homeschool students or high schools that do not rank students.

RECIPIENT SELECTION & CRITERIA: Recipients will be selected by a university scholarship committee using the criteria stated in this agreement.

a. Major/Degree/Concentration -Open to all majors. Students may be taking classes on campus or online.

b. Class Level - Open to undergraduate and graduate level students.

c. Class Load Requirements - Full or part time students.

d. Overall GPA - Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship.

e. Other - It is the donor's philanthropic intent to support students who are 50 or older. Therefore, if all other qualifications are equal among applicants the donor requests that a student age 50 or older be considered first.

 

LEGACY STATEMENT

Picture it, 1952, Randolph Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas. A dashing, tall, lean, and lanky B-52 journeyman aircraft mechanic from Oakwood, Texas succumbs to the charm of a fetching comely, Georgia-peach from Adel, Georgia. Gene Herbert Johnson becomes smitten with Betty Jean White while serving at Randolph Air Force Base.

Courting ensued, and he subsequently whisked her away to the front porch of his family home in Oakwood, Texas where she became the perfect Christmas present, the very embodiment of a God-given good and perfect gift, his bride on Christmas day, December 25, 1955. As a result of this union five children were born, Sandra, Sharon, Lorne Landon, Randolph, and Kenneth. Yes, you guessed it, Randolph is named for Randolph Air Force Base. On 1 October 2010, Randolph AFB merged with Lackland AFB and the US Army's Fort Sam Houston to form Joint Base San Antonio.

Betty and Gene served in the military during the Korean War which began in 1950. In 1948, three years after the end of World War II, President Harry S. Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act into law, officially allowing women to serve as full, permanent members of all branches of the Armed Forces. One month after the act's passing, President Truman issued the Integration of the Armed Forces executive order, desegregating the military and ensuring that Black men and women could now serve equally in all branches of the military as well. Which afforded Betty and Gene an equal opportunity to serve and do their part for their country. Just two years later, the Korean War broke out, and 120,000 women would go on to serve in active-duty positions from 1950-1953. Although they could not serve in combat, they undertook new roles such as military police officers or engineers. Betty packed/prepared parachutes for paratroopers as Gene maintained the aircrafts they parachuted from.

Here is a brief history lesson - The Korean War was the first conflict for the Air Force which was created in 1947. The Korean War was a war between North Korea (allies People's Republic of China and Soviet Union/Russia) and South Korea (allies United States and United Nations) from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953. The war was a result of failed negotiations of which government would govern a united Korea during the Korean conflict negotiations and began as an attempt by North Korean supreme leader Kim I/­ sung to unify Korea under North Korea's communist regime through military force.

Women in the Air Force, known as "WAF,'1 served in administration, as air traffic controllers, radar operators and more. Betty's name is displayed in the Military Women's Memorial, located at the ceremonial entrance of Arlington National Cemetery at Memorial Ave. & Schley Dr., Arlington, VA, having served among the first women in the military. Gene and Betty loved their country for whom they served and went on to build a life to support their children and offer them a college education. Sharon

Williams, upon graduating from high school in Fort Worth, was accepted to the University of Texas at Arlington, however, she did not complete her degree.

Later, Betty retired from Stripling and Cox retail stores as a buyer. Gen.e retired from Vought Systems Division - LTV Aerospace Corporation where he transported stages/pieces of the space shuttle spacecraft. Betty and Gene are now deceased and lived a good life. They are buried beside each other in the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery for Veterans. Through their hard work, commitment, love of community and country and even more so of God and family, they both labored tirelessly to inculcate those same ideals into their children.

Sharon Williams retired from Lamar University in May 2021 from the Office of University Advancement as a development coordinator for scholarships. As such, Sharon was so moved by not only the gratitude of the students, but the benevolence/munificence of the donors and LU alumni. With a stark realization of her parents sacrifice toward her college degree all those years ago and Lamar University's employee benefit of paying for a college degree, she was compelled to complete her degree at LU in August 2021 at the age of 60 after retirement. Sharon could not leave that role without being affected by the thousands of thank you letters written by scholarship recipients to donors and other scholarship contacts as well as being affected by the donors' endowments of commitment to assist Lamar University and students in their pursuit of excellence as a postsecondary institution and student successes. Subsequently, she chose to create a scholarship in her parent's name, the Betty (White) Johnson and Gene Herbert Johnson Memorial Scholarship.

Brian Savoy is a cum laude graduate of Lamar University earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting in 1997. He was also a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society.

Brian and his wife Sabrina are natives of Southeast Texas, and both attended Lamar University.  This university has always been a special place for them and provided a strong foundation that created the opportunity for Brian to join the global accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche in Houston after graduation.  Brian was hired by one of his largest clients, Duke Energy Corporation, in 2001 where he has achieved tremendous success over more than two decades rising to his current position of Chief Financial Officer.  Brian came from modest beginnings in a single parent home and was the first in his extended family to earn a bachelor’s degree.  He and Sabrina desire for future generations to benefit from similar opportunities through the Savoy Family Scholarship. 

Cam V. Le and Carla J. Pulumbarit have endowed this scholarship for the benefit of students within the College of Engineering and the JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing.

Cam is a 2002 graduate of LU, earning his degree in chemical engineering. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. He currently works at Shell.

Carla is also a graduate of LU, earning her degree in nursing in 2001. She currently works in the Texas Medical Center as a nurse.

Students who choose to live off campus forfeit any room portion of the Cardinal Elite Award. 

Students registered in accelerated online programs will not be eligible and will forfeit their scholarship.

*High school GPA will be re-calculated on 4.0 collegiate scale by admissions upon acceptance.
**Class rank requirements will not apply to homeschool students or high schools that do not rank students.

Students who choose to live off-campus forfeit any room portion of the Cardinal Elite Award. 

Students registered in accelerated online programs will not be eligible and will forfeit their scholarships.

*High school GPA will be re-calculated on a 4.0 collegiate scale by admissions upon acceptance.
**Class rank requirements will not apply to homeschooled students or high schools that do not rank students.

1. Overall GPA: 3.0 or higher
2. Class Level:Any, including incoming freshmen
3. Class Load Requirements: Full time students
4. Other: We are seeking a student who has exemplified a great deal of participation in community service activities (40 hours or more) in relation to disaster recovery locally or abroad in the past 2 years including but not limited to:
   • Hurricane Harvey Recovery in Texas
   • Hurricane Recovery in other states such as Florida (Hurricane Michael) and the Carolinas (Hurricane Florence); Tornado Recovery
   • Local small disaster recovery (Fire cleanup, donation drive for natural disaster victims, etc.)
   • Flood recovery

• Be a graduate of a Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) High School 
• Major or have a Concentration in-Teacher Education
• Be an undergraduate or graduate
• Enroll in full time status. (12 hours for undergraduates, 9 hours for graduates)
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA

Charissa Choate Wells was a proud native of Beaumont, Texas. Charissa grew up in the South Park neighborhood. Buoyed by the love of her parents Charissa became a charming and precocious child. As a small child, she accompanied her parents to square dancing as often as several nights a week. On the periphery of the dance floor, she came to love music and dance and to make strangers her friends and playmates.

Charissa’s mother was a seminal influence. She had grown up on a sugar plantation in Houma, Louisiana, found her own path out, and became a registered nurse at Hotel Dieu in Beaumont. She put just as much determination into Charissa’s life, finding resources to give her only child the confidence to grow and become. Her mother enrolled her in tap and ballet classes at Widman School of Dance, which she would attend for seven years. Around the sixth grade, her mother enrolled her in Miniature Maids with Eloise Milam, who taught her how to sing in front of an audience.

From a devout Catholic family, Charissa attended St. Anthony Cathedral elementary school and MacArthur Junior High School. At her neighborhood South Park High School, Charissa became a beloved classmate who formed remarkably close and enduring friendships. She served on her high school’s student council every year and as vice president of her class for four years. She was also a cheerleader for four years and the head yell leader for two years. In her senior year, she was elected class favorite and homecoming queen. In 1969, she was recognized as an “Outstanding Teenager of America” by the Outstanding Americans Foundation.

She rarely missed a class reunion with her fellow South Park “Greenies,” many of whom were lifelong friends. Some would travel hundreds of miles to visit her in the last years of her life. A testament to her generous, loving way of being, her classmates heaped praise on her, “Charissa was the queen of our class, she was always kind, always a friend,” one classmate observed. Another, Larry LaRousse, added, “She was the class of our class.” Miriam Cade Nichol, who met Charissa in the seventh grade, said, “She was loved by everyone in our class.” Gerry Spear Lang, a friend since first grade recalled lovingly, “Charissa’s giggle, smile, sweetheart, and fight to do her very best was consistent ALL of her life. We will miss this precious earth angel … our Greenie legend.”

As was the custom of the times, Charissa married young and became a single parent when her sons Clayton and Zachary were only seven and four years old. Their health and happiness became her young life’s work, as she put her youthful dreams of a career in theater aside. She rarely missed her sons’ cycling races, soccer matches, and baseball games.

With the steadfast support of her parents, Charissa returned to her college education and finished her degree at Lamar University, over several years, even as she worked full time to support her children. She would find an outlet for her creativity in community theater, where she was lauded as a “natural” and “charismatic” actress. She starred as Annie in “Annie Get Your Gun” and had prominent roles in several other plays.

Charissa modeled, sang in a local band, and began working in radio and television. She became spokesperson for numerous local and regional businesses and charities, appearing in commercials, and doing voice-overs for radio advertisements. She sparkled in a weekly segment for KFDM-TV’s “PM Magazine,” then became the host and co-producer of KBMT-TV’s daily morning show, “Good Morning Golden Triangle.” Her show once featured Oprah Winfrey as a guest.

CBS’s Dan Rather encouraged Charissa to move to a larger media market such as the Houston area where he began his career. Though it could have been a launching pad for a career in television news, she declined. She did not want to move her sons away from the family and friends they loved and needed.

In time, Charissa became a confident public speaker unintimidated by the size of her audience. She also gave generously of herself, serving on a number of local boards in Beaumont, for professional organizations such as the Press Club, as well as charities. She most loved her service to the local Salvation Army.

When Charissa moved on professionally, she became the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the then Beaumont Medical Surgical Hospital, owned by Humana and known locally as MASH. She developed creative promotional advertising campaigns such as “Walk with Your Doc” to humanize the hospital’s providers. She helped recruit physicians to the area, happily touting the strengths of her native community. For 11 years, she proved to be a natural in her work, elevating the hospital’s profile and integrating its people and programs into her beloved hometown. Colleague Becky Tate recalls her warmly, “Charissa met you with arms open. She would let you into her life. She loved all kinds of people. She didn’t care if you had money or status.”

She so loved her work for MASH that she was in her office the day before she moved to the Washington, D.C., area with her new husband who had received a presidential appointment to head the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for the Clinton administration.

An insightful writer, who religiously kept a “gratitude” journal for many years, Charissa began publishing newspaper columns in The Beaumont Enterprise in the early 1980s. Later in life she would publish pieces in the San Antonio Express-News and The Washington Post. One of her most moving and revealing pieces, however, was the still joyful and fun-loving expression of her final wishes. In it, she asked friends to plan her “end-of-life” service, offering vivid details about what she wanted, asking that they help her boys through it. Above all, she asserted, make sure the service is not too long, “Don’t want people checking their watches and wishing it were over.” From soft classical piano as people entered to “I Hope You Dance” by LeeAnn Womack when they were seated, Charissa envisioned a service that captured the essence of who she had been. Motown songs such as the Four Tops’ “Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch” and “My Girl” by the Temptations had always made her want to sing and dance, she said, and she hoped they could be played.

In mid-life, Charissa met and married John Calhoun Wells, a native Kentuckian who had come from the Kennedy School at Harvard to lead the John Gray Institute. On the occasion of their first date over dinner at Carlo’s Restaurant, John recalls looking at this inquisitive woman and thinking, “I might marry this woman.” And he did. After dating for more than five years, the couple married in Beaumont in 1993. At the time of their marriage, John had been single for 18 years, Charissa for 11.

Married for 25 years at the time of her death, John was never far from Charissa’s side, her hand often in his. In spite of the grim diagnosis that framed too many of those years, Charissa “never once complained," he recalls. Not surprisingly, the vivacious and lovely woman who had won his heart proved to have incredible strength.

Soon after they began dating, John would discover that Charissa loved to entertain, to host dinners and parties for friends and newcomers to Beaumont. She relished bringing interesting and diverse people together. An annual Christmas Eve dinner party was held at her Beaumont home. Many of her guests had no family in the area. They needed a place to be, and she gave it to them, freely and lovingly.

When Charissa and John first moved to Reston, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C. area, Charissa baked cookies as a way of introducing herself and took them to her amazed and delighted neighbors. Little more than a month later, she hosted a neighborhood Christmas party in their beautifully decorated new home. John, who traveled extensively with his work, recalled in awe,

“There were more than 40 people there. I didn't know even one of them.”

An energetic and athletic woman for whom exercise was an essential part of her life, Charissa also loved to host neighborhood children for Christmas cookie-baking sessions at her homes, both in Texas and Virginia. To children and adults, she was simply cool, a woman who delighted in creating and participating in moments of joy.

Charissa possessed a delicious sense of humor that brought joy and laughter into the lives of so many people. It is a memory her husband treasures. When Charissa drove her husband to their Virginia home after open-heart surgery, him clutching a small, heart-shaped pillow to his chest to minimize the jolts of the drive, she paused at the end of their long driveway, looked at John, and, in an absolutely deadpan voice, said, “John, could you grab those trash cans and put them in the garage? I just haven't been able to get to them.” He recalls looking at her in horror, then realizing she was kidding. “I told her she was mean as a snake. She laughed uproariously,” he recalled.

In her final professional roles in Virginia, where she and John would live for 19 years, Charissa briefly worked for a national hospital consulting firm until she realized that the guise of reinvention was merely a cover for staff reductions. She resigned and soon found a niche at the Women’s Center of Northern Virginia, a private, nonprofit that lends support to women and men through counseling and education. Charissa quickly transitioned from volunteer to employee, teaching classes for single mothers on topics such as finding balance in your life. She drew upon the riches of her experience and expertise to help women face the challenge of going it alone. In her spare time, of which there was little, she volunteered at the local Women’s Center, supporting victims of spousal abuse.

In Virginia, Charissa also became an essential partner in the development and work of JCW Consulting Company, which would become a leading U. S. labor-management relations firm. It would represent some of the nation’s largest companies and unions. While John performed on-site work, Charissa served as the business manager of the company, always a consummate professional.

Charissa loved art, theater, and good writing. She collected art of the American Southwest, with a special fondness for paintings of Navajo women by New Mexico artist R.C. Gorman. She also collected unusual and often quirky pieces of sculpture by women willing to laugh at life and themselves.

First with girlfriends, then with John, Charissa made annual pilgrimages to New York City to see as many as three or four Broadway plays each visit. She reveled in the energy of the city, walking the streets of Manhattan in jeans and sneakers, taking in the sights and sounds, visiting museums and art galleries, discovering new restaurants, stopping in St Patrick's Cathedral for a prayer, strolling through Central Park, and having a drink afterwards in the Oak Room of the Plaza Hotel.

Charissa spent the last years of her life at the home she had chosen for herself and John outside San Antonio in the Texas hill country. Given her illness, early onset Alzheimer’s disease, John retired and was her sole caregiver for three years, traveling with her to visit family and friends, shop for groceries, or simply explore. They were constant companions.

In the last year of her life when she could no longer walk, Hospice and other professionals helped care for Charissa at home. Her Hospice nurse observed that in an institution, Charissa’s life would have ended long before it did. Instead, she remained responsive until only days before her death. Generosity, kindness, faith, and a joyous presence are the riches of Charissa’s legacy to her beloved husband, sons, family, friends, and the grandchildren she would have doted on had she been given the chance. A devout Catholic, Charissa lived her faith. Her heart, her way of being, recalled the recurring Biblical refrain, most notably from 2 Corinthians, “… the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” The spirit that emanated from this beautiful and extraordinary woman lives on in the memories of all who knew her.

RECIPIENT SELECTION & CRITERIA: Recipients will be selected by a university scholarship committee using the criteria stated in this agreement.

a. Discipline - Culinary or Hospitality majors, with preference given to Hospitality Administration students

b. Class Level - Open to undergraduate and graduate level students.

c. Class Load Requirements - Full time students according to the required degree plan curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students participating in an approved cooperative education program (co-op) or internship or last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation.

d. Overall GPA - Recipients must maintain a 2.5 GPA or greater to qualify/remain on the scholarship.


LEGACY STATEMENT

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Charles Duit is the third of four children. While growing up, he enjoyed cooking for family members until he left the University of Houston as a student and became a Texas Baptist Sunday School Board Summer Missionary in San Antonio. After completing his service, he joined the staff of a local Baptist church as a Minister of Early Childhood Education.

After pursuing this first career for ten years, he decided "I'd like to talk with adults and carry on an intelligent conversation". So, Charles follows his love of food to his second career: cooking, or culinary arts.

Thirty plus years later he has worked in parts of Texas and Oklahoma in five country clubs, two catering companies, taught at Del Mar College in Corpus Christie and Lamar University in Beaumont while also serving as the Chef/Director of Foodservices at a retirement community. Along the way, he earned his culinary credentials as a Certified Executive Chef and Certified Dietary Manager. He was also granted membership in the honor society, the American Academy of Chefs. At the age of forty-eight, his journey through the culinary world brought him to his "soulmate" and wife, Debbie Bando. They were married in July 2002.

Chef Charles has served on four state boards, state and local boards as well as having served as the President of the Texas Chefs Association Texas Restaurant Association Education Foundation.

Revision approved per Dean French 6/27/23:
 

The Lamar University College of Business Transformational Scholars Program (TSP) provides six (6) $5,000 annual scholarships for undergraduate business majors to continue for a maximum of three years. The program will serve students with demonstrated financial need by providing funding to participate in business and professional development activities. The program seeks to build and reinforce teamwork, critical thinking, leadership, and basic business skills with the use of FranklinCovey content, service-learning projects, and similar activities. 

Scholarship Requirements:

• Must be pursuing an undergraduate degree in the College of Business
• Must complete at least 30 credit hours per academic year
• Must be sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a 2.5 CGPA or higher
• Demonstrated financial need

Program Commitments:

• Maintain a minimum overall CGPA of 2.5 
• Remain an undergraduate business major at Lamar University
• Participate in ongoing leadership opportunities in the College of Business
• Attend required Transformational Scholars Program meetings
• Attend a minimum of two College of Business speaker events
• Serve as a peer mentor to FTIC students in Cardinal Communities

Previous Description
The Lamar University College of Business Future Leaders Scholars program provides sixteen (16) $10,000 in annual scholarships for business majors to continue for a maximum of four years. The program will serve students by providing funding to participate in business and professional development activities. The program seeks to build and reinforce teamwork, critical thinking, leadership, and basic business skills with the use of FranklinCovey content, service-learning projects, and similar activities. 

Scholarship Requirements:

• Must be pursuing a degree in the College of Business
• Must complete at least 30 credit hours per academic year
• Must be sophomores, juniors, or seniors with a 3.0 CGPA or higher
• Demonstrated participation in Cardinal Communities or other Leadership Activities on campus

Program Commitments:

• Maintain a minimum overall CGPA of 3.0 
• Remain a business major at Lamar University
• Participate in ongoing leadership opportunities in the College of Business
• Attend required Future Leaders Scholars meetings
• Attend a minimum of two College of Business speaker events
• Complete Certification in Leadership Program

• Must be incoming freshmen pursuing a degree in the College of Business
• Must complete at least 30 hours per academic year 
• Demonstrated financial need, FAFSA submitted
• Demonstrated participation in leadership positions or extracurricular activities (including appropriate work experience) in high school and/or college
• Non-Texas Success Initiative (TSI) restricted

• Maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.5
• Remain a business major at Lamar University
• Participate in the College of Business Cardinal Communities
• Attend required weekly Transformational Scholars meetings
• Attend the Academic Success Conference provided by Student Tutoring and Retention Services
• Attend all College of Business speaker events, University Academic Lecture Series speaker events, etc.

Per email dated 3/25/22: Dr. Hwang would like to create a new scholarship for incoming Freshman (high school senior) specifically for Construction Management majors. Scholarship name is still being considered. (Name is Construction Management Electus)

For this first year he would like to award $2,000 ($1000 fall and $1000 spring). In the future, he will like to increase this total amount to $4,000.

The $2,000 is from CM index BS5026.

Requirements:

Major: Construction Management

GPA is 3.0 or higher

Short essay/Statement of Purpose (300 words) required “What is your career plan in Construction Management?”

Requirements were revised as below on 7/12/23, per Dr. Hwang in email from Shannon Klutts sent on 7/12/23

For incoming high school students.

Additional Requirements:

Major: Construction Management

GPA is 3.0 or higher

Short essay/Statement of Purpose (300 words) required “What is your career plan in Construction Management?”

Current undergraduate LU students are eligible to receive the Continuing Cardinal Scholarship. This scholarship is open to students who have an undergraduate CGPA of 3.0 or higher, and apply to on-campus LU graduate programs at master degree level within 2 semesters before they complete their BS degree. 

If awarded and based on fund availability, students will receive two consecutive $1,000 awards in the fall and spring semesters with a total of $2,000 in the first year of their graduate study. Students must enroll full-time (9 hours in fall and spring, 6 hours in summer) in a master degree program to be eligible for receiving the scholarship.
 

1. 1. Discipline – Any degree plan offered through the College of Business 
   2. Class Level – Open to undergraduate level students only.
   3. Class Load Requirements – Full time students according to the required degree plan curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students participating in an approved cooperative education program (co-op) or internship or last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation
   4. Overall GPA – Recipients must maintain a 2.50 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship. 
   5. The donors expect this scholarship to be awarded based on a financial need of the applicant.

• Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting – 2012
• Master of Business Administration – 2013
• Master of Science in Accounting - 2013 

Students registered in accelerated online programs will not be eligible and will forfeit their scholarship.

*High school GPA will be re-calculated on 4.0 collegiate scale
**Class rank requirements will not apply to homeschool students or high schools that do not rank students.

Students registered in accelerated online programs will not be eligible and will forfeit their scholarship.

*High school GPA will be re-calculated on 4.0 collegiate scale
**Class rank requirements will not apply to homeschool students or high schools that do not rank students.

1. 1. Major/Degree/Concentration -  Electrical Engineering
   2. Class Level - Open to undergraduate level students only.
   3. Class Load Requirements - Full time students according to the required degree plan curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students participating in an approved cooperatfve education program (co-op} or internship or last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation.
   4. Overall GPA- Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship.
   5. Recipient must have graduated from a high school located in Jefferson County, Texas.

RECIPIENT SELECTION & CRITERIA: Recipients will be selected by a university scholarship committee using the criteria stated in this agreement.

a. Major/Degree/Concentration - Open to all majors.

b. Class Level - Open to undergraduate level students only.

c. Class Load Requirements - Full time or part time students according to the required degree plan curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students participating in an approved cooperative education program (co-op) or internship or last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation.

d. Overall GPA - Recipients must maintain a 2.50 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship.

e. Recipients must be recognized as a first-generation student per the terms and requirements of Lamar University and the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid.

f. The annual scholarship award is to be disbursed in two equal payments for the spring and fall semesters to a single recipient.

LEGACY STATEMENT

Dr. Alan Coleman received his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Julie Coleman received her Bachelor of General Studies in Liberal Arts from Lamar University in 1980. Two of their sons and their wives are also Lamar University graduates.

Alan provided the following statement related to their gift to Lamar:

My career was shaped by my professors at Lamar. They always demanded excellence and were concerned about my performance and

future. While attending Lamar, I was involved with many school organizations. I believe that these opportunities helped develop my personal skills, which Jed to leadership roles with community non-profits, city government and national health programming.

Julie's degree led to a teaching career later in life. Julie's education gave her the confidence to lead young people toward achieving academic excellence and reaching higher personal goals.

Julie and I have witnessed the struggle that many young people have, when they are working and taking college classes to better themselves and their families. We hope that by providing this scholarship that that we can help dreams come true.

1. Must be graduating seniors
2. Must be full-time student (12 semester hours or required number of hours for graduation) at time of nomination
3. Must be in good standing with Lamar University
4. Must have earned a minimum cumulative and preceding semester grade point average of 2.0
5. Recipients must demonstrate:

RECIPIENT SELECTION & CRITERIA:
Recipients will be selected by a university scholarship committee using the criteria stated in this agreement.

a. Major/Degree/Concentration -Biology.

b. Class Level -Junior or senior classification.

c. Class Load Requirements - Full time students according to the required degree plan curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students participating in an approved cooperative education program (co-op) or internship or last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation

d. Overall GPA- Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship.

e. Other - Preference should be given to students to plan to teach at the secondary or college leveI but this will not be a requirement of the scholarship.

BACKGROUND:
John C. Price, MD ’66 graduated from Lamar State College of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He went on to earn his Doctor of Medicine from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
 
Born in Beaumont, Texas, he was the son of Biffel Price and his wife, Marie Nolan. He was an Eagle Scout and worked summers as a pipeline welder's helper to save for college. "He was a gentle, sweet, soft-spoken man who was kind and giving," said his wife, Jo Ogborn. "He loved his patients dearly.” Dr. Price worked as an intern at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, and was a resident at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He also trained under Dr. John Conley at Columbia-Presbyterian University Hospital in New York City. He was stationed during the Vietnam War at an Army hospital on Okinawa, where he also worked with military scuba divers and was a flight surgeon. While at Camp Kui in Okinawa, he became interested in head and neck surgery. He went on to become Chief of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery and Facial Reconstruction at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio.
 
John was a mentor and teacher to many residents and fellows. Sharing his knowledge was very important to him. He was voted best surgeon Otolaryngology Head and Neck for several years. He had patients who came to him from all over the world.
 
After he retired, he continued to work with wounded warriors at Walter Reed. He was a very kind and caring man. His wife listened many times while he would speak on the phone to a warrior who had medical questions. He could explain things so clearly and in layman’s terms. So friendly always. Never rushed. Even in death John continued to give with organ/tissue donation and CME surgical training.
 
John was the fourth brother to graduate from Lamar. Dr. Lynn Price MD, Jack Price JD,
Dr. Charles Price DDS and John.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

Criteria for Scholarship:
1)  Major/Degree/Concentration - Mechanical Engineering
2)  Class Level - Senior
3)  Class Load Requirements - Full time students.  Exceptions may be made for last semester students who may not      need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation.
4)  Overall GPA - Seniors must maintain a 3.0 GPA to retain the scholarship.  The student must be in good standing in accordance with standard university procedures.
5)  Other Preferences - Consideration shall be given to those with leadership skills.  All applicants must be a member of a design team and submit a letter of recommendation letter from the faculty who teaches Senior Design.


**There is also a design team project award that will be managed by the department.

BACKGROUND:
Dr. Aung was a professor in the College of Engineering who had taught mechanical engineering from 2001 to 2020 and served as interim department chair in 2020. He was a gifted teacher, exceptional mentor always enthusiastic about his work with students and his research and an acclaimed academic who devoted himself to his discipline.

At the undergraduate level, Aung taught dynamics, engineering thermodynamics I, engineering thermodynamics II, fluid mechanics, measurements lab, seminar, thermal systems design, integrated systems design and senior design project. He also taught graduate classes including advanced engineering analysis and optimization of thermal systems. He taught a variety of elective courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Aung, a mechanical engineering graduate from Rangoon Institute of Technology in Burma, earned his master’s degree in energy technology from Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand and his doctorate in aerospace from the University of Michigan. Aung was a post-doctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia from 1996 to 1998. In January 1999, he joined the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California as a research assistant professor. In 2001, he joined Lamar University as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

While at Lamar University, Aung mentored more than 50 senior Capstone design teams, and several of those teams won prizes and scholarships in regional and national design competitions such as SAE Baja and Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge. Aung also received six senior design project grants from American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He served as faculty mentor to two McNair Scholars and he sponsored a paper published by a group of undergraduate students, “A Parametric Study of a 4-Stroke Motorcycle Exhaust System,” 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Exposition, Anaheim, CA in November 2004.

The beloved teacher and colleague received the Presidential Faculty Fellow for Innovation in Teaching Activity award in 2014 and 2015 and the Distinguished Faculty Fellow for Teaching award twice, 2015-2018 and 2018-2021. He received the Presidential Fellowship in Research in 2014 and the Tim Kendall Memorial Prize from the Asian Institute of Technology in 1991.

Aung was the recipient of the 2019 University Professor Award. This is the most prestigious award for a faculty member at Lamar. Details available at the link (https://www.lamar.edu/news-and-events/news/2019/04/2019-university-professor-award-kendrick-aung.html).
Aung was the faculty advisor for Lamar University’s Sigma Xi section of Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Society, the LU American Society of Mechanical Engineers student chapter, the LU Society of Automotive Engineers student section and the LU American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers student section.

Aung was well-known in the field of mechanical engineering. His research on renewable energy and energy systems, hydrogen flames and combustion and alternative fuels was widely published and presented at engineering conferences.

Dr. Aung passed away on January 13, 2021 as he was preparing for starting a new semester.
 

Dr. Richard C. Harrel came to Lamar University in 1966 from Oklahoma with PhD in hand. Years before the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA) began providing direction in cleaning up the local waterways and air. High on his list of environmental concerns was the Neches River, including associated bayous, creeks, and oxbow lakes feeding into Sabine Lake contaminated with industrial and municipal waste.

Through courses he taught in limnology, ecology, zoology, aquatic entomology, and ecology of polluted waters quickly attracted the attention of many undergraduates encouraging them to continue their studies to advance degrees and professional careers in city, county, state, and federal governmental agencies and industry.

As principal advisor, his graduate students produced 37 Master of Science (MS) degrees in Biology. Many of those theses led to publications (26) in peer-reviewed there were other special publications and presentations. The area with the largest theses was the Neches River (9), and the Big Thicket (7). His students produced theses involving not only riverine environments but also included studies on coastal and nearshore Gulf

subjects. Perhaps one of the most interesting subjects among the studies included two involving the freshwater clam Rangia cuneata which were used in studies of toxins found in local waters of the Neches River, Taylor Bayou, and Fence Lake.

For those interested in a full thesis list do an online search of the John Gray Library holdings (https://graycat.lamar.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/57/5, Use the Keyword: Harrel) where each thesis is available for reading. On your next visit to the John Gray take some time and read one.

There is one more area where Dr. Harrel had impacts on many other MS theses, for he was often asked by graduate students to serve as one of their advisors for their master’s degree projects, along with their chosen principal advisor. A count surely as large or larger than the 37 MS degrees as principal.

As if the clock contained more than 24 hours, for when Dr. Ewin A. Eads (Chemistry) retired in 1985, his Director of the Environmental Science Program in time moved to the hands of Dr. Harrel where he guided more students through to their degree goals.

Dr. Harrel’s activities beyond the classroom were equally effective in bringing about change in the area’s water and air quality through local environmental group activities (CASE, Sabine Lake Foundation, Golden Triangle Sierra Club Group), especially Clean Air and Water Inc. (Southeast Texas Clean Air and Water Inc.) as a founding member, eventually becoming the group’s President. He worked with area industry, governmental entities, served on citizen advisory panels all to reduce environmental impacts to air and water.

Over the years, Dr. Harrel received numerous awards and recognitions. The following begins a listing, surely the first, a certificate from the Lamar’s Regents, the Regents' Merit Award, for distinguished teaching, awarded at the beginning of the academic year 1973-1974. In April 1986, a plaque was awarded from Lamar University’s College of Arts and Sciences for recognition of Dr. Harrel’s excellence in research. The Sigma Xi Lamar University Chapter in 1998 awarded a plaque for being an Outstanding Scientist in recognition of innovative research in biology. In the academic year of 2000-2001, Dr. Harrel was awarded a plaque the University Scholar Award by Lamar University in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding scholarly and creative achievements. The first of Lamar’s awards towards the “Triple Crown.” On October 20, 2003, he was selected as the presenter for the 17th Annual Lamar University Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series, his topic, Environmental History of the Lower Neches River from

Clean to Polluted to Recovering. The second of Lamar’s awards towards the “Triple Crown.” On April 14, 2004, Lamar University was awarded the University Professorship for Life Medal for distinguished teaching, Lamar’s most prestigious academic honor. On receiving this award, he joined an elite group of Lamar faculty members to earn the “Triple Crown,” the University’s three top faculty honors (Cardinal Cadence, June-August 2004, pp 8-9). On October 10, 2009, at the Annual Big Thicket Day celebration, Dr. Harrel received a plaque from the Big Thicket Association representing the Maxine Johnston Distinguished Service Award for 2009 for his work at Lamar University and with Clean Air and Water, Inc (Figs. 1 and 2). Along with this award, on Friday, November 6, 2009, US House Representative Honorable Ted Poe introduced into the US Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 111th Congress, 1st Session, a letter Recognizing Professor Richard Harrel of Lamar University. US Rep Ted Poe’s letter states the following:

“Madam Speaker [US Rep. Nancy Patricia Pelosi], I would like to recognize Professor Richard Harrel of Lamar University. Professor Harrel is the recent recipient of the Maxine Johnston Distinguished Service Award. The biology professor received this award for more than four decades of research, field studies, and publications that benefited the Big Thicket region. Harrel is also one of the founding members of Clean Air and Water Inc., a Beaumont-based environmental organization.

For all of his hard work, Harrel was rightfully awarded the 35th anniversary of the Big Thicket National Preserve in October. The Second District of Texas commends Professor Harrel for his dedication to improving and preserving this dense wilderness area.”

In a ceremony at the John Gray Library on November 8, 2013, Dr. Harrel, received, by Resolution, the title Distinguish Regents Professor Emeritus of Biology (Figs. 3 and 4). Just 3-days after a retirement ceremony held at the Dishman Art Gallery. COVID interfered with conducting the 44 Annual Election Meeting for Southeast Texas Clean Air and Water, Inc. on March 23, 2020, so the plaque to be presented to Dr. Harrel was presented over a year later on June 28, 2021, awarded in recognition of invaluable service, direction, and leadership over the decades of working for cleaner air and water for southeast Texas (Fig. 5). Harrel’s honors also include recognition from Beta Beta Beta as Teacher of the Year Award (Cardinal Cadence, June-August 2004, p 9). Texas Academy of Sciences received at least two nominations and elected Dr. Harrel as a TAS Science Fellow recognizing his impacts on Science and the Academy (Cardinal Cadence, June-August 2004, p 9). A Legacy truly representative of academic learning, research, and leadership for those following in the future.

• Must submit a scholarship application at LSCPA
• Must be an incoming freshman at one of the four Lamar Institutions
• Must be a Port Neches - Groves Graduate or a Griffin Park area resident in Port Arthur ISD
• Must submit a FAFSA application, or show financial need
• Complete a personal statement
• Provide a letter of recommendation from a high school counselor, principal, or superintendent

• The candidate must be a student at, or be accepted for admission to and enroll in, a TSUS component institution.
• The student must be enrolled in a course of study which results in an academic degree.
• The candidate must have satisfactorily completed twelve (12) hours of course work at an accredited institution with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5.  If accomplished at a non-TSUS institution, it must be transferrable to the TSUS component institution.
• If the candidate is a freshman, he or she must have achieved a score of at least a 29 on the ACT, 1330 on the SAT, and all test scores must be provided.  
• The candidate must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of the state of Texas.
• The candidate must not have received the scholarship previously.  
• The candidate must submit an essay (no longer than 800 words) stating the candidate's interest in public or community service.

• Junior or Senior student, all majors
• Maintain minimum GPA 3.0
• Maintain a minimum semester load of 12 hours
• Financial need, Yes; College activities, Yes
• Scholarship is to be distributed to two students, one being affiliated with a sorority and the other being affiliated with a fraternity of the National Pan-Hellenic Council
• Each student can only receive the annual scholarship once, except in the circumstance detailed in the final bullet point, below:
• In the event a selected recipient graduates after the fall semester, in the spring semester, another NPHC student member, meeting scholarship's criteria, should be selected to receive the spring semester amount. This spring semester award will not disqualify the recipient from applying for this scholarship the following academic year.

The Lamar University College of Business Future Leaders program awards up to sixteen scholarships providing business majors as much as $10,000 each, per academic year. This scholarship is open to any major in the College of Business and all class levels. Recipients must be enrolled full-time and maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.

Scholarship Requirements:

• Must be pursuing a degree in the College of Business
• Must complete at least 30 credit hours per academic year toward a degree in the College of Business
• Must be sophomores or higher, with a 3.0 CGPA or higher
• Demonstrated participation in Cardinal Communities or other leadership activities on campus

Program Commitments:

• Maintain a minimum overall CGPA of 3.0
• Remain a business major at Lamar University
• Participate in ongoing leadership opportunities in the College of Business
• Attend required Future Leaders meetings
• Attend a minimum of two College of Business speaker events
• Participate in Cardinal Communities and other required peer mentor initiatives
• Complete certifications in leadership programs

Rebecca Louise Speed Gale attended Lamar University and received a BA in Government in 1973, which led to her career in education. She taught English at Hebert High School for several years. After receiving an MED Administration in 1979 from Lamar University, she worked in BISD Administration. Becky met the love of her life, Edwin Gale, in 1975, and they eventually married in January 1983. Together they established the Gale Foundation, with a focus on funding educational efforts, medical research, Jewish life, and the needy. Many UT professorships and endowments have been given - including the UT Medical Branch at Galveston, the McDonald Observatory in West Texas, and a robust generosity to Lamar University. Becky served on the Lamar University Foundation Board of Trustees in 2013-2014 with a commitment to the success of Lamar University and the stewardship of gifts managed through the Foundation.

Lamar University biology and chemistry majors have a new opportunity to cut their college costs through the recent establishment of the Georgia Chree Lau Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was founded by LU College of Business Alum Clayton Lau in honor of his late wife, Georgia Chree Lau.  

Georgia Chree Lau graduated from Lamar University with a dual bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology in 1968. Upon graduation, she worked as an educator, teaching chemistry and biology. She also served beyond the classroom as a National Decathlon Coach and National Honor Society Sponsor before retiring after a 27-year career.  

Together, the couple supported Lamar University over the years by funding fellowships, contributing to the President’s Associates Fund, and being members of the President’s Circle and the Mirabeau Society.

The scholarship will be open to junior and senior-level biology and chemistry students with a 3.0 GPA. Funding for the scholarship will begin in the fall of 2024 with recipients having the opportunity to stay on scholarship for four semesters.  

1. 1. Major/Degree/Concentration -    Nursing
   2. Class Level - Open to undergraduate and graduate level students.
   3. Class Load Requirements - Full time students according to the required degree plan curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students participating in  an approved cooperative education program (co-op) or internship or last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation.
   4. Overall GPA- Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship.
   5. It is the donor's preference that the award be given to a recipient focused on nursing in the field of oncology.

Gerry D. Sam grew up in the Pear Orchard neighborhood of Beaumont and graduated in 1981 from Hebert High School, now known as Beaumont United High School. He continued his educational journey at Lamar University, exploring several academic disciplines during his time there. Financial hardship unfortunately forced Mr. Sam to discontinue his studies. This scholarship aims to offer financial assistance to other Beaumont United High School students by providing hope and financial aid to those who may be facing similar challenges while attending Lamar University.

The establishment of this scholarship serves several objectives. Supporting students was important to Gerry Sam and his wife, Dr. Stephanie Chritton, whom he met when he moved to Dallas. Together they opened several veterinary clinics while raising their two children. With the birth of their first child, Mr. Sam became a devoted stay-at-home dad. His drive to foster positive and rewarding experiences for all students was best illustrated by his daily actions. Gerry Sam was involved in every activity in which their children participated, and he volunteered at every school their children attended. He coached their children’s recreational sports teams and served as their son’s scout leader. Mr. Sam founded the dads’ volunteer club at their children’s elementary school and was awarded the Texas PTA Honorary Life Membership for his consistent presence and contributions. He was also the high school band booster club president during their daughter’s senior year. Mr. Sam’s engaging and tireless efforts exemplified parent volunteerism and support for all students.

Mr. Sam and his wife believed in the value and importance of education at all levels, advocating for both public and higher educations. This is yet another motivation for establishing the scholarship. Dr. Chritton’s mom proudly served the Richardson public school system for decades. The Sam’s children attended public schools through high school and went on to pursue higher educations at Texas universities. The Sams appreciated how higher education can foster additional opportunities for personal success.

Finally, Gerry Sam enjoyed an innate curiosity throughout his life. Periodically he enrolled in formal classes and constantly conducted self-guided research to improve his knowledge base. Establishing the Gerry D. Sam Memorial Regents Scholarship is an active means to honor his curious, positive, and engaging personality, leaving an enduring legacy that reflects his belief in and enjoyment of lifelong learning.

1. Students who are admitted to an LU graduate program, have good academic standing, and register for at least 9 semester hours in the long semesters (Fall and Spring) and at least 6 semester hours in the Summer semester are eligible to receive the graduate scholarship on a competitive basis.

2. Pending on funding availability, the graduate students recommended by their Departments to receive the graduate scholarship will be awarded a minimum of $1,000, and not to exceed $3,000 for master students or not to exceed $5,000 for doctoral students, for the entire duration of study. The scholarship will be disbursed in increments of $500 in the Fall and Spring semesters, not to exceed $1,000 per 12-month period.

3. Out-of-state and international graduate students who receive the graduate scholarship will also be awarded an out-of-state tuition waiver.

4. Students who enroll for fewer than 9 hours during a long semester must provide a one-time reduced course load request using G9 form to the Dean of Graduate Studies from the Department Chair, unless the students have completed the course requirement and register in thesis/dissertation courses as part of the degree requirements for the remaining period of study. Please note that a student is only eligible for one reduced course load in his/her graduating semester for receiving graduate scholarship.

5. Doctoral students who receive the institutional doctoral tuition waiver are not eligible for receiving the competitive graduate scholarship.

6. Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 are not eligible for receiving the graduate scholarship. Students who are removed from the scholarship recommendation list may request their departments to review their academic performance for reconsideration. Upon meeting the academic standards set by the departments, the graduate scholarship can be reinstated on the basis of the recommendation of the Department Chair in a memorandum to the Dean of Graduate Studies. The Dean of Graduate Studies will make the final decision before the upcoming semester based on the availability of funding.

7. Students must complete the Student Selective Service form before funding is disbursed. https://www.lamar.edu/_files/documents/financial-aid/Student Compliance with Selective Service.pdf

8. The deadline for the department to recommend the list of eligible students to be supported by the graduate scholarship is the first day of class in each semester. The College of Graduate Studies will work with Student Finance Office to apply the graduate scholarship and out-of-state tuition waiver to the approved student accounts. No award will be made in the semester after the 12th class day.

1. Students who are admitted to an LU graduate program, have good academic standing, and register for at least 9 semester hours in the long semesters (Fall and Spring) and at least 6 semester hours in the Summer semester are eligible to receive the graduate scholarship on a competitive basis.

2. Pending on funding availability, the graduate students recommended by their Departments to receive the graduate scholarship will be awarded a minimum of $1,000, and not to exceed $3,000 for master students or not to exceed $5,000 for doctoral students, for the entire duration of study. The scholarship will be disbursed in increments of $500 in the Fall and Spring semesters, not to exceed $1,000 per 12-month period.

3. Out-of-state and international graduate students who receive the graduate scholarship will also be awarded an out-of-state tuition waiver.

4. Students who enroll for fewer than 9 hours during a long semester must provide a one-time reduced course load request using G9 form to the Dean of Graduate Studies from the Department Chair, unless the students have completed the course requirement and register in thesis/dissertation courses as part of the degree requirements for the remaining period of study. Please note that a student is only eligible for one reduced course load in his/her graduating semester for receiving graduate scholarship.

5. Doctoral students who receive the institutional doctoral tuition waiver are not eligible for receiving the competitive graduate scholarship.

6. Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 are not eligible for receiving the graduate scholarship. Students who are removed from the scholarship recommendation list may request their departments to review their academic performance for reconsideration. Upon meeting the academic standards set by the departments, the graduate scholarship can be reinstated on the basis of the recommendation of the Department Chair in a memorandum to the Dean of Graduate Studies. The Dean of Graduate Studies will make the final decision before the upcoming semester based on the availability of funding.

7. Students must complete the Student Selective Service form before funding is disbursed. https://www.lamar.edu/_files/documents/financial-aid/Student Compliance with Selective Service.pdf

8. The deadline for the department to recommend the list of eligible students to be supported by the graduate scholarship is the first day of class in each semester. The College of Graduate Studies will work with Student Finance Office to apply the graduate scholarship and out-of-state tuition waiver to the approved student accounts. No award will be made in the semester after the 12th class day.

1. Students who are admitted to an LU graduate program, have good academic standing, and register for at least 9 semester hours in the long semesters (Fall and Spring) and at least 6 semester hours in the Summer semester are eligible to receive the graduate scholarship on a competitive basis.

2. Pending on funding availability, the graduate students recommended by their Departments to receive the graduate scholarship will be awarded a minimum of $1,000, and not to exceed $3,000 for master students or not to exceed $5,000 for doctoral students, for the entire duration of study. The scholarship will be disbursed in increments of $500 in the Fall and Spring semesters, not to exceed $1,000 per 12-month period.

3. Out-of-state and international graduate students who receive the graduate scholarship will also be awarded an out-of-state tuition waiver.

4. Students who enroll for fewer than 9 hours during a long semester must provide a one-time reduced course load request using G9 form to the Dean of Graduate Studies from the Department Chair, unless the students have completed the course requirement and register in thesis/dissertation courses as part of the degree requirements for the remaining period of study. Please note that a student is only eligible for one reduced course load in his/her graduating semester for receiving graduate scholarship.

5. Doctoral students who receive the institutional doctoral tuition waiver are not eligible for receiving the competitive graduate scholarship.

6. Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 are not eligible for receiving the graduate scholarship. Students who are removed from the scholarship recommendation list may request their departments to review their academic performance for reconsideration. Upon meeting the academic standards set by the departments, the graduate scholarship can be reinstated on the basis of the recommendation of the Department Chair in a memorandum to the Dean of Graduate Studies. The Dean of Graduate Studies will make the final decision before the upcoming semester based on the availability of funding.

7. Students must complete the Student Selective Service form before funding is disbursed. https://www.lamar.edu/_files/documents/financial-aid/Student Compliance with Selective Service.pdf

8. The deadline for the department to recommend the list of eligible students to be supported by the graduate scholarship is the first day of class in each semester. The College of Graduate Studies will work with Student Finance Office to apply the graduate scholarship and out-of-state tuition waiver to the approved student accounts. No award will be made in the semester after the 12th class day.

1. Students who are admitted to an LU graduate program, have good academic standing, and register for at least 9 semester hours in the long semesters (Fall and Spring) and at least 6 semester hours in the Summer semester are eligible to receive the graduate scholarship on a competitive basis.

2. Pending on funding availability, the graduate students recommended by their Departments to receive the graduate scholarship will be awarded a minimum of $1,000, and not to exceed $3,000 for master students or not to exceed $5,000 for doctoral students, for the entire duration of study. The scholarship will be disbursed in increments of $500 in the Fall and Spring semesters, not to exceed $1,000 per 12-month period.

3. Out-of-state and international graduate students who receive the graduate scholarship will also be awarded an out-of-state tuition waiver.

4. Students who enroll for fewer than 9 hours during a long semester must provide a one-time reduced course load request using G9 form to the Dean of Graduate Studies from the Department Chair, unless the students have completed the course requirement and register in thesis/dissertation courses as part of the degree requirements for the remaining period of study. Please note that a student is only eligible for one reduced course load in his/her graduating semester for receiving graduate scholarship.

5. Doctoral students who receive the institutional doctoral tuition waiver are not eligible for receiving the competitive graduate scholarship.

6. Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 are not eligible for receiving the graduate scholarship. Students who are removed from the scholarship recommendation list may request their departments to review their academic performance for reconsideration. Upon meeting the academic standards set by the departments, the graduate scholarship can be reinstated on the basis of the recommendation of the Department Chair in a memorandum to the Dean of Graduate Studies. The Dean of Graduate Studies will make the final decision before the upcoming semester based on the availability of funding.

7. Students must complete the Student Selective Service form before funding is disbursed. https://www.lamar.edu/_files/documents/financial-aid/Student Compliance with Selective Service.pdf

8. The deadline for the department to recommend the list of eligible students to be supported by the graduate scholarship is the first day of class in each semester. The College of Graduate Studies will work with Student Finance Office to apply the graduate scholarship and out-of-state tuition waiver to the approved student accounts. No award will be made in the semester after the 12th class day.

1. Students who are admitted to an LU graduate program, have good academic standing, and register for at least 9 semester hours in the long semesters (Fall and Spring) and at least 6 semester hours in the Summer semester are eligible to receive the graduate scholarship on a competitive basis.

2. Pending on funding availability, the graduate students recommended by their Departments to receive the graduate scholarship will be awarded a minimum of $1,000, and not to exceed $3,000 for master students or not to exceed $5,000 for doctoral students, for the entire duration of study. The scholarship will be disbursed in increments of $500 in the Fall and Spring semesters, not to exceed $1,000 per 12-month period.

3. Out-of-state and international graduate students who receive the graduate scholarship will also be awarded an out-of-state tuition waiver.

4. Students who enroll for fewer than 9 hours during a long semester must provide a one-time reduced course load request using G9 form to the Dean of Graduate Studies from the Department Chair, unless the students have completed the course requirement and register in thesis/dissertation courses as part of the degree requirements for the remaining period of study. Please note that a student is only eligible for one reduced course load in his/her graduating semester for receiving graduate scholarship.

5. Doctoral students who receive the institutional doctoral tuition waiver are not eligible for receiving the competitive graduate scholarship.

6. Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 are not eligible for receiving the graduate scholarship. Students who are removed from the scholarship recommendation list may request their departments to review their academic performance for reconsideration. Upon meeting the academic standards set by the departments, the graduate scholarship can be reinstated on the basis of the recommendation of the Department Chair in a memorandum to the Dean of Graduate Studies. The Dean of Graduate Studies will make the final decision before the upcoming semester based on the availability of funding.

7. Students must complete the Student Selective Service form before funding is disbursed. https://www.lamar.edu/_files/documents/financial-aid/Student Compliance with Selective Service.pdf

8. The deadline for the department to recommend the list of eligible students to be supported by the graduate scholarship is the first day of class in each semester. The College of Graduate Studies will work with Student Finance Office to apply the graduate scholarship and out-of-state tuition waiver to the approved student accounts. No award will be made in the semester after the 12th class day.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

1) Major/Degree/Concentration - Nursing

2) Class Level - Undergraduate and graduate level students

3) Class Load Requirements - Full time students as defined by the Joanne Gay Dishman School of Nursing curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students enrolled in clinical or master's courses and those last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation

4) Overall GPA- Recipients must maintain a 3.00 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship.

5) Recipient(s) - Each recipient will write a personal letter to Molly and Clayton Daniels and to Lauren Rhyne.

BACKGROUND: From Hope's Mother: My husband, Clayton, and I married in February of 2014 and both knew we wanted to wait about two years before having children. I grew up babysitting lots of kids throughout high school and college, so being a mom has always been a role I deeply desired. Well, God blessed us as soon as we tried to get pregnant, and we couldn't wait until November 1, 2016. On March 29, 2016 at our first appointment at 9 weeks gestation, we didn't hear a heartbeat and knew our baby was already in Heaven.

The six months following were full of tears, heartache, pain and confusion. I didn't understand why or how this could happen, but my trust and faith in God didn't waiver. It actually grew deeper, and I didn't know it then, but I'd need Him more than ever in the coming months.

After months of praying, switching to a new OB and practice and trying to become pregnant again, we found out on October 20, 2016 that God had blessed us again! I'll never forget that phone call from my doctor. My phone rang at 8:11am, and as soon as I heard his voice, I started crying. He said, "Molly, I have some neat news!" From that second on, I was so nervous that we wouldn't hear a heartbeat at our first appointment, so I got on my knees and prayed every single day for a strong heartbeat. God answered our prayers loud and clear as we would later learn. After hearing our baby's heartbeat four times, our world was turned upside down on December 9, 2016. At 11 weeks and 2 days gestation, our OB told us he couldn't get the measurements he should be able to get at this point and therefore asked us to see the specialist across the hall. I'll never forget the nurse whispering the dreadful sentence to the doctor while looking at the screen ... "The heart is beating outside of the chest." I just turned my head to look at my husband, and tears fell down both of our faces. We were going to lose our baby.

The way the information was presented to us that day I thought that our baby was going to die the next day. Babies with Body Stock Anomaly don't live very long. I went home and told our baby to go home to Heaven whenever God called him/her. After several appointments at the specialist's office during December, we learned our baby didn't have arms, legs, a skull or a straight spine. My husband and I did not want to know the sex of our baby until he/she was born, but because "our plan" had changed, we decided to and learned our baby was a girl. That made it even more real for me. I knew our girl name we had chosen wasn't the right fit, so we chose Hope because in the midst of so much darkness and confusion, she and God gave me just that.

We saw my OB every Wednesday to check Hope's heartbeat, and each Wednesday we all were amazed that her heart was still beating. We were told that one day we would find that we didn't have cardiac activity, would check into the hospital and I'd be induced. When I was about 22 weeks pregnant, I asked

my doctor, "Did you think she would still be alive at this point?" His answer was no, but as we both had discussed several times before, we knew this was out of our control and completely in God's hands. He told me, "Molly, we are going to stay in the game as long as she wants to. Promise me you are going to keep your head up." He left every appointment with those last words, a big hug and kiss on the forehead. I had no other choice but to keep my head up. Our daughter was fighting for her life, so I was going to fight with her. I knew God was walking this heartbreaking journey with us. I could feel Him through our doctor's love and care, our family and friends' support and prayers and through Hope.

Don't get me wrong - there were several days spent in bed with tears flowing down my face. These were the hardest weeks of my life. I felt so much joy and happiness for my baby girl, but my heart was completely broken at the same time. And only a mama who has been through this knows how that feels. I learned to treasure my days with Hope because I knew I didn't have all the time in this world with her. Clayton and I both sang to her, danced with her and always told her how much she was loved.

After my husband's birthday in March, I told him in April that I prayed Hope would stay with us for my birthday since she was here to celebrate his. Because I was not "supposed" to go into labor on my own, I had no idea what to expect. After terrible contractions throughout the week, my husband and I arrived at the hospital on the evening of April 27, 2017 when I was 31 weeks. When the on-call doctor told us that I was 2 cm dilated and that we'd be staying, I started to cry. I told my husband I wasn't ready. I wasn't ready because my OB was out of town, and I needed him to deliver Hope. I wasn't ready because this wasn't "the plan". I wasn't ready because I needed more time with Hope. I simply wasn't ready to say goodbye to our daughter, and neither was Clayton.

Throughout my pregnancy, I had prayed and prayed that God would be so present during Hope's birth. As soon as my nurse walked into my triage room, I knew He was there. She explained how the epidural would work and gently rubbed my shoulders and eased my fears as I got the shot. She let me hear Hope's heartbeat every time I asked and assured me that she was still alive. She talked to me and answered all my questions throughout the night. As soon as my water broke, she walked me through what was going to happen, and right before Hope was born, I asked her to check her heartbeat again. She told me her heart was still beating but that it was slowing down. I knew then God was calling Hope home. She breathed with me as I pushed and told me I could do this as I squeezed her hand tightly. Hope entered the gates of Heaven at 4:54 am on April 28, 2017, two days before my 29th birthday. We cried and smiled at the same time. Knowing that she is a sweet, spunky, strong and determined girl, we pictured her arriving in Heaven saying something like "Alright all you baby angels

- my name is Hope, and I'm here! Let's go have some fun!" She wasn't

physically here to celebrate my birthday with me, but what a special birthday it was and always will be.

I couldn't even step foot into our house after coming home from the hospital. I'd never been in our new home without Hope. My husband grabbed my hand and gently pulled me in and sat me on the couch. I didn't have the desire to go on without her. It was very hard for me to find and take my next breath. Clayton and I knew for 20 weeks that Hope would go to Heaven, and although we had 5 months to process that, there is absolutely no way to prepare yourself for the grief that comes after. We'd lost our baby girl - the worst pain there could possibly be in this fallen world.

As I look back over the last two and a half years, I see God everywhere in Hope's story. I didn't understand how or why I could have a miscarriage, but I drew closer to God to help me walk through my pain. He knew Hope was in my plan and that I was going to need Him more than ever. My switching to my new OB was a huge blessing as he loved and cared for us just as he would his own children. I found my safe group of friends who loved on us so beautifully. My nurse, Lauren Rhyne, was an answered prayer on the night of Hope's birth.

Lastly, and the most beautiful gift of all, God literally had His arms wrapped around Hope. We never had to hear the sentence "We've lost cardiac activity." He gave us the strong heartbeat that I prayed for since October 20· 2016. "Our plan" didn't turn out how we wanted it to, but we know God's plan is so beautiful and far greater than our own, and it's a joy it is to be parents to our Hope in Heaven.

Hope Elizabeth is our miracle and a gift that just keeps on giving. She is now the big sister to her brother, Henry, and her sister, McCauley. One of the neatest parts of our family's story is that Hope's nurse, Lauren, was also our labor and delivery nurse during Henry's birth and was present in the room for McCauley's. She has become a sweet friend of ours and will always remain a part of our lives. We are so grateful for Lauren and for her commitment to our family. It's a special calling to be a nurse and to take care of other people, and she demonstrated the role of caregiver so beautifully.

Our family will always be holding onto Hope.

Molly and Clayton Daniels

"May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with Hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13

     SELECTION CRITERIA:

1. Major/Degree/Concentration - Nursing.
2. Class Level - Open to all class levels.
3. Class Load Requirements- Full time students according to the required degree plan curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students participating in an approved cooperative education program (co-op) or internship or last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation.
4. Overall GPA- Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship.

RECIPIENT SELECTION & CRITERIA: Recipients will be selected by a university scholarship committee using the criteria stated in this agreement.

a. Discipline - Open to all majors in the College of Engineering

b. Class Level - Open to undergraduate and graduate level students.

c. Class Load Requirements - Full time students according to the required degree plan curriculum. Exceptions may be made for students participating in an approved cooperative education program (co op) or internship or last semester students who may not need to be full-time to complete the requirements for graduation

d. Overall GPA- Recipients must maintain a 3.00 GPA to qualify/remain on the scholarship.

LEGACY
Terry Welch '82 shared that his engineering degree from Lamar University provided him with the practical skills and subject knowledge necessary to give him an excellent head start and lead him through a successful career in the energy industry.

Participation in College of Engineering functions and projects as a student provided Terry with ample opportunities to learn leadership skills. The practical knowledge of engineering he received at Lamar University allowed him to have a head start as he transitioned from school to the workplace. Terry shared, "I believe that because of my education and experience at Lamar University, I was properly prepared to hold leadership roles in my workplace and that my education has been the cornerstone of my successful career. My wife, Janelle, and I would like to see deserving engineering students have some of these same opportunities by helping provide them with a solid education that can be earned through the College of Engineering at Lamar University.''

II.  LEGACY STATEMENT

John McManus is a 1963 graduate of Lamar State College of Technology earning a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. While attending Lamar, John was a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers serving as chairman of the organization in 1963. He was also a member of the Blue Key Honor Society serving as vice president in 1963.

Mr. McManus enrolled at Lamar in 1959 as a Math major, which at that time was part of the School of Engineering.  He switched to Electrical Engineering after his freshman year.  In his senior year he realized he didn’t really like Electrical Engineering, preferring the new field of Computer Programming.  John spent his career developing and maintaining computer systems for Phillips Petroleum, General Electric, MIT and Mobil Oil, retiring from Mobil in 2000. 

At Phillips, John was the lead engineer responsible for programming a digital computer to directly control 120 valves on a new Ethylene Plant being built in Texas.  At GE, John was a project manager for clients’ process control systems. At MIT, he was Manager of Systems Assurance, responsible for the reliability and repeatability of three large mainframe systems at the university’s Information Processing Center. At Mobil, John had many roles but spent at least half of his career there implementing pipeline control systems. He also supervised applications development, managed technical support, and managed and consulted on disaster recovery and business continuity.  The technology John used in those days was primarily assembler language but also included Fortran and PL/1. 

In his senior year at Lamar Tech John formed a bicycle racing team, representing the School of Engineering in a spring campus race.  This led to a life-long love of bicycling.  John cycled hundreds of thousands of miles (over 100,000 miles after retiring) and in 2009 cycled across the United States.

He hopes this endowed scholarship will encourage students to study computer engineering and contribute to the ethical and socially responsible furtherment of this technology.

Brenda Cole, John’s wife, has a BA degree in Accounting and Economics from the University of Texas at Arlington and an MBA from the University of North Texas.  She worked for The Southland Corporation, Zales and Mobil Oil. Brenda volunteered with the Junior League in Dallas, was an advisor for Alpha Chi Omega sorority and held leadership positions with the Dallas Symphony Junior League. In our current home of Fredericksburg (TX) she mentored a student from grades 3 to 9 and volunteered for the Christmas home tour and Tannenbaum ball, both benefitting the Gillespie County Historical Society.