The Rex and Mary Ann Gholson Scholarship Endowment was established by Ronald E. Gholson, Ph.D. to honor his parents for their life-long belief in the importance and value of formal education. They were born in or near Broughton in southern Hamilton County, Illinois...

The Ronald Brian Kirk Scholarship for Graduate Students in Mathematics was established in memory of Ron Kirk, who was a longtime faculty member (1968-1999) and chair of the Math Department.

Rosemary and Bill Cornell met and married in their native England, before coming to America, Southern Illinois University and Carbondale, Illinois as newlyweds. Bill came as an already well known distance runner, to attend SIU for his undergraduate and master’s...

Senator Roland W. Burris would like to enhance the accessibility and achievement of traditionally under-represented racial/ethnic minority students who have demonstrated financial need and have experienced and overcome compelling social, cultural, economic and...

The Connie H. and Charles Church Memorial Scholarship was established to benefit Carterville High School graduates who best exemplify the ideals of scholarship and community involvement that guided the lives of Connie and Charles Church.

James M. Krudl taught Automotive Technology at the Technology Center of DuPage, formerly DAVEA, for 30 years before his retirement in 2005. Jim always had a smile for everyone and was easy to talk to. He worked hard for his students to have one of the best NATEF...

The friends and family of Donald Hileman established the Donald G. Hileman Memorial Scholarship in his memory. It supports Journalism students who are majoring in Advertising at SIU Carbondale.