Bailey Family Memorial study abroad scholarships announced

Friday, November 30, 2012

Six Oklahoma State University students have been awarded Bailey Family Memorial Trust Scholarships that will enable them to study abroad during the current academic year.

The trust was established in 1982 by J.B. Bailey, an OSU graduate and Tulsa attorney, and his brother, Richard E. Bailey, longtime OSU humanities professor and founder of the first study abroad program in OSU’s College of Arts and Sciences, in memory of their grandmother Ida L. Davis and mother Lalla D. Bailey.

The purpose of the trust is to provide scholarship support for full-time OSU students, regardless of their major field of study, to study the liberal arts at a recognized university outside of the U.S.

Since the first awards were made for the 1985-86 academic year, nearly $2 million has been expended from the trust, allowing 255 OSU students to study in 34 different countries. From the first year in which two students were awarded $18,000, the program has grown so that in 2012-13, the 6 Bailey Scholars will receive a total of $100,000. OSU is currently accepting Bailey Family Memorial Scholarship applications for the 2013-14 academic year.

Bailey Scholars and their countries for study during the next year are:

Blake Bargueiras from St. Peters, Mo. is a junior majoring in Political Science with a minor in Economics and Japanese. Blake is studying Japanese at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan in the Fall of 2012.
Brannon Frank from Cushing, Okla. is majoring in History and Secondary Education of Social Studies in his senior year. Brannon is spending the Fall 2012 semester studying at Alexandria University in Alexandria Egypt.
Kaitlyn Gibson from Mesquite, Texas is studying in Madrid Spain for the entire 2012-2013 academic year. Kaitlyn is a Strategic Communications and Spanish major who intends to work in public relations in both the United States and Spain.
Shane Hewson from Broken Arrow, Okla. is a senior graduating in December of 2012. He is spending his final semester studying abroad in Chile. Shane has studied abroad in Mexico and is now studying at La Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso to complete his Spanish degree with a minor in International Studies.
Sam Hines from Stillwater, Okla. graduated with her second bachelor degree from OSU after studying in Spain during the summer 2012 semester. Sam studied at the University of Salamanca and has completed her degree in Spanish.
Morgan Maxey from Vinita, Okla. is a junior majoring in Theatre. Morgan is studying stage combat at the London Theatre Center in London England during the fall 2012 semester.

The applications for the 2013-2014 Bailey scholarships are due February 1, 2013.

For more information on the Bailey Family Memorial scholarship program please contact David Crawford at 405-744-5685 or at david.crawford@okstate.edu.