The Department of Language and Literature also sponsors a creative writing scholarship. Scholarships for Foreign Study Income from the Susan Coker Watson Fellowship Foundation provides summer study outside the United States for rising juniors and seniors. Need-Based Grants Institutional funds are used to meet the demonstrated need of traditional students. The following scholarships have been established by families and friends who wish to honor the memory of those named below. They will be awarded on a competitive basis to degree-seeking students of high character who have demonstrated academic excellence and who show potential for continued high performance and leadership.
Scholarships are renewable for four academic years to qualified students.
The C. W. Coker, W. C. Coker, Carlisle Campbell and Linville Scholarships constitute the highest monetary awards offered by Coker College for exceptional ability, performance and character. This scholarship honors a former president of Coker and equals the cost of tuition, room and board. This award, in memory of a Coker alumna and granddaughter of the College founder, was set up by her husband. This scholarship is named for a nationally known industrialist and a longtime president and chairman of the board of Sonoco Products Company. A grandson of the College founder, Mr. Coker was chairman of the Coker College Board of Trustees for many years.