Money given to the School of Education

     William T. and Catherine Coffey Bolen have recently established a scholarship to benefit students in teacher education.
     The William T. and Catherine Coffey Bolen Undergraduate Education Endowed Scholarship Fund of Campbell University will be awarded to one or more scholarships in each school year to such student or students who have declared a major in teacher education and who have been formally admitted to the program.
     They wanted to honor their parents Rev. Jack and Sarah Coffey and Paul and Imogean Bolen through this fund. They also appreciate all the educators that have helped them through their schooling.
     “Teachers were very important in our lives and in our children’s lives and we want to enable others to make a difference,” said Catherine.
     “With the increasing cost of higher education and the shortage of teachers in North Carolina the need for endowed scholarships for prospective teachers grows,” explained Dr. Karen Nery, Dean of the School of Education. “We must support and encourage students to enter the teaching profession.”

     Dr. Ted S. Henson, who retired from the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, has recently named Campbell University in his will. He graduated in ’69 with a degree in education and came back to Campbell and received his master’s in education in 1980.
     “I appreciate Campbell very much and loved my Christian education,” said Henson.” I was involved in public education for 35 years and I think education is the key for the future and I want to help out in anyway I can.”

Photo- Students Amanda Tyson and Teresa Bradley talk with Dr. Karen Nery, dean of the School of Education about the importance of scholarships. (Photo by Shannon Smith)