Six EKU Students Receive Patterson Scholarships

For Immediate Release--

RICHMOND, Ky. – Six Eastern Kentucky University students have received the Patterson Scholarship, awarded to students in EKU’s Department of Management and Marketing.

Honorees for the 2012-13 academic year are sophomore business major Kathryn Beck, Gaston; sophomore marketing major Chris Bunge, Lexington; freshman management major Shaun Cawley, Florence; sophomore management major Macy Huff, Mount Sterling; freshman marketing major Jordan Koeller, New London, Wisc.; and freshman marketing major Austin Molen, Florence.

Each student will be awarded $1,200 per semester for two semesters. Requirements for the scholarship are a minimum 24 ACT score and a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Students submit three letters of reference and consideration is given to evidence of leadership and work-related activities.

The scholarship is made possible by a bequest from former Eastern faculty members Kermit and Opal Patterson. Dr. Patterson taught from 1955 to 1982 in EKU’s College of Business, while his wife, an EKU graduate, taught in the Department of Biological Sciences from 1956 to 1982.

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Published on June 28, 2012