Achievers

Tyler area residents have been named to the President’s Honor Roll at Oklahoma Baptist University for the spring 2008 semester.

OBU’s President’s Honor Roll recognizes students who achieved a grade point average of 3.7 or higher on a 4.0 scale for coursework during the semester.

OBU’s Dean’s Honor Roll recognizes students who achieved a grade point average between 3.4 and 3.69 on a 4.0 scale for coursework during the semester.

Anderson, a UT Tyler senior, received the Edwin Morgan Smyrl and Frank H. Smyrl Endowed History Scholarship in the amount of $750. Fields, a junior, received the Phil Stacy Jackson History Scholarship in the amount of $500.

The Edwin Morgan Smyrl and Frank H. Smyrl Endowed History Scholarship honors the memory of Dr. Frank H. Smyrl, the first historian to join the UT Tyler faculty, and his brother, historian Edwin Morgan Smyrl. Frank Smyrl was the founding department chair and dean of the UT Tyler College of Liberal Arts.

The Phil Stacy Jackson History Scholarship honors the memory of historian Phil Stacy Jackson, a distinguished UT Tyler history graduate.

The Department of History presents these scholarships to declared history majors in recognition of excellent academic performance and for the purpose of encouraging the study of history at the university. The students will be recognized during an awards banquet in April 2009.