SESSOMS SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWED

The Dr. Henry Sessoms Scholarship has been endowed through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.

Friends of Sessoms provided $10,000 to endow the scholarship in his name. Sessoms was a longtime professor of English at Southeast Missouri State University who retired after spring semester.

He came to Southeast in 1961 and became chairman of the English department in 1968, serving in that role until 1993. Sessoms earned his doctoral degree in English literature from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

He had served as director of the Missouri London Program at Southeast since its inception in 1982. He also served as the director of the University's then Center of International Studies from 1984 to 1986. "I think it's very desirable to assist students in getting an international perspective," he said. "Anything to boost that is good for the academic community. I'm glad to see a re-emphasis on international concerns at Southeast."

The scholarship will help support students participating in the Missouri London Program. The recipient of the award must be enrolled full time, with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average and wish to participate in the Missouri London Program. The scholarship award will be used to help pay expenses of the trip.