Sudholt scholarship established

Sunday, January 18, 2015

The Martha Ellen and George Alois Sudholt Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. The scholarship was established in the Sudholts' memory with a $10,000 gift from Martha "Marty" Sudholt of Melbourne Beach, Florida, daughter of the late couple. The recipient of scholarship will be a student enrolled at Southeast majoring in education or counseling with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average. First preference will be given to a student from the Cape Girardeau community. The College of Education Scholarship Committee will select the recipient. Martha graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1961 from then Southeast Missouri State College, now Southeast. George graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor's degree in agriculture In 1978, he earned a master's degree in counseling at Southeast.

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