Named Burl Hunt Scholars at Ole Miss T he past five years have been a study in parallels for Pamela Morrow of Horn Lake and Mary Beth Garner of Batesville. They both aspire to be educators. They both decided after years of marriage and motherhood to head back to the classroom and pursue education degrees at The University of Mississippi by way of Northwest Community College. And they've both earmarked May 11, spring commencement, as a day of personal triumph. Recently named recipients of the Burl and Clara Smith Hunt Teacher Education Scholarship, Morrow and Garner have again reached common ground.
Every little bit helps.
The recipient must demonstrate financial need. The scholarship was established in 1994 with a retirement gift from Dr. Burl Hunt, an Ole Miss education professor for 27 years, and his wife, Clara, who worked in the J.D. Williams Library on the Oxford campus for more than 20 years. Burl Hunt says he designed the gift for older female students because they are more likely to delay their educations or drop out of school for the sake of family. My wife and daughter both went back to school to complete degrees. Morrow can attest to the struggle.