SFA alumni scholarship honors the late Dr. Morgan Moses

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Alumni Association recently established the Dr. Morgan Moses Memorial Scholarship to help support currently enrolled graduate students studying in the James I. Perkins College of Education.

Moses, of Longview, passed away April 17, 2014. Moses attended North Texas State University where he received his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degree in education. He served as a teacher, coach and principal for the Judson School District and earned tenure as a high school principal at Garland High School.

Additionally, Moses served as a professor and department chair in the College of Education at SFA. Following his retirement from the university, Moses was named Professor Emeritus.

Moses is survived by two sons and their wives, Dr. Mike Moses, a 1974 and 1975 SFA graduate, and wife, Debi, of Dallas, and Monte Moses, a 1976 and 1977 SFA graduate, and wife, Kathy, of Englewood, Colorado.

The Dr. Morgan Moses Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to graduate students pursing a degree in education administration. Recipients must maintain at least a 2.5 grade-point average.

Anyone wishing to donate to the scholarship may send a check payable to the SFASU Foundation with instructions to apply the gift to the Dr. Morgan Moses Memorial Scholarship. Donations should be mailed to P.O. BOX 6096, SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962.