Endowed Scholarship And Education Grant at JSU, MSU Field Of The Year Award

Marcus A. Thompson, a Jackson State University graduate, has created a $50,000 scholarship endowment to aid Mississippi residents studying special education pay for tuition, textbooks, supplies, and other costs. Through Title III, the principal amount will be eligible for matching funds.



Thompson, a 1990 JSU alumnus and senior director of sales for a Gulfport, Miss.-based life science business that manufactures pharmaceutical and diagnostic equipment, founded the Thelma Thompson Endowed Scholarship in honor of his grandmother, who had a Down syndrome daughter. The foundation also honors the late Dorothy McCoy, a special education teacher who worked with Thompson's aunt.

Priority will be given to special education majors and Mississippi natives. Students must be a sophomore, junior, or senior with a minimum 2.5 GPA and a letter of reference from a JSU faculty member to be considered.