SIUE’s Perkins Receives Hammonds Memorial Scholarship
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Candace Perkins received the Dr. Cleveland Hammonds Jr. Memorial Scholarship at the 54th Anniversary Alumni Celebration & Awards Showcase of the Mathews-Dickey Boys’ and Girls’ Club of St. Louis. The ceremony was held Saturday, Feb. 15 at the St. Louis Airport Hilton.
A St. Louis native, Perkins is a junior in the School of Education’s Teacher Education program. She received a $1,000 award in Hammonds’ memory.
Hammonds was a former SIUE instructor and past superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools. He also served the Mathews-Dickey Board as education chair prior to his death in 2010.
Perkins is the third SIUE student to receive the annual scholarship, established in 2012 for undergraduates in the Teacher Education program. Selection was based on need, desire, academic achievement and community service.
The Mathews-Dickey Boys’ and Girls’ Club was founded in 1960 to provide structured recreational services to youths in North St. Louis. Today the club serves more than 40,000 young men and women, ages 5-18, throughout the Metropolitan St. Louis region.
For more information about the SIUE Department of Educational Leadership, contact Dr. Laurel Puchner, chair, at 618-650-3286 or lpuchne@siue.edu.
The SIUE School of Education prepares students in a wide range of fields including community health education, exercise science, instructional technology, psychology, speech-language pathology and audiology, administration and teaching. Faculty members engage in leading-edge research, which enhances teaching and enriches the educational experience. The School supports the community through on-campus clinics, outreach to children and families, and a focused commitment to enhancing individual lives across the region.
