Two New DSU Alumni Scholarship Endowments are Established
DSU recently recognized two separate endowments that have been established by alumni during the Sept. 19 President’s Pre-Game Reception.
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(L-r) DSU President Harry L. Williams; Kristin Brinkley and Anthony Brinkley (daughter and husband of Peggy C. Brinkley) and Michael Miller, director of Major Gifts, all hold a display check for the endowed scholarship and named scholarship established in Mrs. Brinkley's name.A $134,000 endowed scholarship has been established by the late Jane Virginia Waters Bickham, who made the decision to make a lasting gift to her alma mater prior to her death in December 2014.
Mrs. Bickham, a native of Greenwood, Del., earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education in 1961 from then-Delaware State College. Afterwards she found joy in teaching and remained in the profession for 36 years, mostly as a kindergarten teacher in California’s Covina Valley School District.
The Jane Waters Bickham Endowed Scholarship will benefit students majoring in education.
A $10,000 endowed scholarship as well as an additional $5,000 scholarship, have both been established in the name of the late Peggy Cuffee Brinkley by her family. She passed away in June 2015.
Mrs. Brinkley graduated with honors in 1979 from then-Delaware State College with a degree in Economics and Business Administration. She went on to enjoy a career with Pepco Holdings.
According to her family, Mrs. Brinkley often credited the preparation she received at DSC as a key factor to her success in corporate America.
The $5,000 scholarship will benefit Delmar High School students matriculating to DSU. The family of Brinkley – a 1975 Delmar High School graduate – said that it wanted to ensure that any intellectually gifted students from that school would have the opportunity to attend DSU.
The $10,000 Peggy Cuffee Brinkley Memorial Endowed Scholarship will be available to any student attending DSU.