Local Educator Memorialized with Scholarship at OSU
The Judith Hobbs Faulkner Memorial Endowed Scholarship
will benefit an area high school student
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Judith Hobbs Faulkner |
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After 30 years as an educator in Oklahoma, Judith Hobbs Faulkner’s memory will continue her legacy in helping students obtain a higher education through a scholarship established in her memory.
Students in Lamont, Perry and Buffalo, Okla., are eligible for the Judith Hobbs Faulkner Memorial Endowed Scholarship funded by family and friends of the Lamont native who split her educational career between Perry and Buffalo. |
“She always wanted to be a teacher,” says Faulkner’s mother EvaLynn Hobbs.
The $500 one time, annual scholarship will be awarded to a Lamont, Perry or Buffalo high school graduate with a GPA of 3.0 or higher and is enrolled full-time at Oklahoma State University (OSU). First priority will be given to a student displaying leadership qualities with second priority given to a student interested in the study of foreign languages.
“Judith would be honored to know that we’re helping the two things she loved most – kids and OSU,” says Faulkner’s sister Jane McDermott.
A true advocate of education for her students and herself, Faulkner held a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Russian education, master’s degree in educational administration and principal’s certificate - all from OSU. She later received elementary certification in Spanish.
The first 14 years of Faulkner’s career were spent in Perry where she taught junior high and high school Russian and Spanish. While at Perry, she also helped establish the first girls’ basketball program.
After a short stint in Arkansas, Faulkner returned to Buffalo for another 14 years before retiring as principal. Shortly after retiring she died in an automobile accident at age 57.
“It was befitting to memorialize Judith in this way at a place she so loved (OSU),” says McDermott.
The Oklahoma State University Foundation serves as the private fundraising organization for OSU, as designated by the OSU Regents. Its mission is to unite donor and university passions and priorities to achieve excellence.
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