A native of Biloxi, Miss., Wallen moved to Dallas with her family in the 1970’’s. She was a cheerleader during her junior high and high school years and was named Who’s Who in High School Scholastics. After graduating from high school with various honors and...

Charles Hill retired from the North Forest Independent School District in the Houston area in 1986 at age 75. He had served as music teacher and librarian in the North Forest ISD for 27 years. At retirement, he had 49 years of accredited service in Texas education...

The Henry and Mildred Schmidt Scholarship was established in their memory by their son-in-law Paul Poston and daughter Susan Schmidt Poston, all of whom are SFA graduates. The Schmidt’s grandchildren Jennifer and Matthew Poston were also SFA graduates. Henry and...

The Gloria Gay Ash Scholarship was established through The Stephen F. Austin State University Alumni Association by Ms. Mary A. Burton, her close friend. Ash lived in California and Kansas before spending the last 40 years of her life in East Texas. She worked as a...

Dr. Anna Beth Connell was Lufkin’s first female physician. “I’m grateful to the ladies who came to me with a proposal for a scholarship. I feel humbled by it. I hope it helps some deserving people in the future,” she said. Dr. Connell is well familiar with the...

In 1977, family and friends established a scholarship in memory of Con Devers, a long-time teacher in the Tyler public school system. Graduating from SFA, Devers received his bachelor degree in 1952, with a major in social studies and a minor in English. He earned...

This Scholarship was endowed in memory of Hubert A. “Butch” Almany by his wife of 46 years, Naomi. Almany grew up in Nacogdoches, graduating from high school in 1960, and attended SFA, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in music in 1965 and a Master of Education in...

Dr. James R. Partin established The Nina Partin Athletic Trainer Scholarship to honor his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Dwight Partin of Nacogdoches, and sisters, Nina Partin and Gloria Jeanie Partin Gresham. The family decided to name the scholarship The Nina Partin...

The Claude and Sue Rodgers Accounting and Home Economics Scholarships were started in 1980 by Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Rodgers (’42 and ’43) in appreciation of the many fond memories they have of faculty members and fellow students during their students days at Stephen...

The lifelong Nacogdoches family of Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Mast Jr. created The Patricia Mast Art Scholarship to be used in support of academic and art scholarships, in general support of the Division of Nursing, and the SFA Arboretum. A fourth-generation native of...

The Myrtle J. Moore Compton Nursing Scholarship was established in 1983 by friends and family to honor the memory of Myrtle Jean Moore Compton. Mrs. Compton was born in 1929 in Nacogdoches, lived her life in the city and was a member of the First Christian Church....

Frances majored in general business at SFA. She was a member of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities from 1942 to 1944 and served as secretary and treasurer for the College Commission and for the Amities. She also was a reporter for The Pine Log and served...

The Doug Peabody Memorial Forestry Scholarship was established in loving memory of Doug by his family. Doug was a 1974 and 1978 forestry graduate at SFA. He was completing his PhD at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville when he was tragically killed.

Originally from Dierks, Ark., the Cherrys moved to Nacogdoches in 1950 because of the sawmills in the area and SFA so their children could receive a college education. Marvin’s career in the lumber industry began at age 16 when he worked for Dierks Lumber and Coal...

The Nacogdoches Junior Forum Scholarship fund is to encourage and perpetuate the education of non-traditional female students from Nacogdoches County who are returning to or entering Stephen F. Austin State University for the purpose of obtaining a baccalaureate...

The Nelwyn Cordell Stephens Scholarship fund was established to support one or more scholarships annually for high performing undergraduate students pursuing a major in business at SFASU who are enrolled at the time of applications or will be enrolled at the time of...

The Norman Johnson Communication Scholarship fund was established to provide scholarships and financial assistance for undergraduate students majoring in communication with radio/TV emphasis.

The Ola B. Fortney Scholarship was established to honor Ola B. Fortney and shall be used exclusively for support of the scholarship recipient who is a graduate from Newton High School or Buckville High School and enrolled in the Teachers Education Program at SFASU.

The Oran Standley Memorial Scholarship fund was established to support a scholarship annually for an undergraduate student majoring in Agriculture to be determined by the Agriculture Department Scholarship Committee.

The Piero Fenci Scholarship for the Ceramic Arts was established to provide scholarships and financial assistance for full time students pursuing a BFA, MA, or MFA degree in the Visual Fine Arts with an emphasis in ceramic arts.