Middle Tennessee State University

The Bart McCash Scholarship, which is named after a former chair of the Middle Tennessee State University History Department, goes to Transfer Fellow Cai Ward.

Psychology and sociology double major Hannah Antrican was awarded the Lawrence R. Good Scholarship, which is named after the husband of a former faculty member. The $350 award is funded by Dr. Elaine Good Royal and Matthew Royal. Preference is given to psychology majors and minors who are in good standing with the Honors College.

Two MTSU students were awarded the Hannah/Harris Study Abroad Scholarship this spring. The scholarship is named after the late Dr. Richard Hannah, a former professor of economics, and Dr. Watson Harris, who was an administrator in the Provost Office and a graduate faculty member in the College of Education.

The Michael Martinelli Memorial Scholarship is named in honor of one of our former students. This year's recipient is Cole Jones who is an Honors Transfer Fellow majoring in Management and Leadership with minors in Business Administration and University Honors. He says being at the Honors College changed the trajectory of his life, and he is now studying to be a licensed marriage and family therapist.

The Philip and Marilyn Mathis Scholarship, named for a former Dean of the MTSU Honors College, was recently awarded to Yaseen Ginnab.

Nine Middle Tennessee State University students received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship this year. The U.S. Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad.

MTSU doctoral student Yolunda Nabors was recently named the university's first Tennessee Doctoral Scholar. Now in her final year of the Ph.D. in Economics Program, the award covers Nabors' tuition and provides her with a $20,000 stipend plus additional funds for research and professional development. The Tennessee Higher Education Commision designed the Tennessee Doctoral Scholar program to "increase the number of minority students who earn a Ph.D. in Tennessee and to encourage these graduates to seek faculty positions by providing financial assistance for up to three years of graduate study," according to the program's website.

Earning a degree just got a little easier for four nontraditional Middle Tennessee State University students who recently were named recipients of the 2023 June S. Anderson Scholarship. Funded through the June S. Anderson Foundation at MTSU, the scholarship recipients are given full tuition for a year.