Scholarships for Financially Deserving Students

The following scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need or other criteria, as noted.

The Bettie Woodham Bedenbaugh Scholarship This award for a worthy student was established by the Coker graduate for whom it is named.

The May Roper Coker Scholarship The family and friends of May Roper Coker established this memorial scholarship.

The Mary Elizabeth DuBose Cottingham Scholarship This award honoring a 1955 graduate was set up by her husband and is awarded based on academic performance and promise. Preference is given to residents of Williamsburg and Clarendon Counties, South Carolina.

The Flora Newsome Folsom and William Arthur Folsom Scholarship Set up by the Folsom's children, this award recognizes students who show scholastic ability and character. Preference is given to residents of Darlington County, South Carolina.

The Hartsville Cotton Mill Scholarship An award is offered to a South Carolina resident.

The Hartsville Kiwanis Club Scholarship This scholarship is for a resident of Darlington County who shows above-average scholastic ability.

The Gustave Adam and Carrie Lee Erwin Kalber Memorial Scholarship This scholarship was established by an alumna in memory of her husband.

The Caroline M. Reaves Scholarship This fund was established by the late Miss Reaves, a member of the mathematics faculty from 1916 to 1946.

The Kay Sutton Rivers Memorial Scholarship A memorial to a 1965 graduate, this scholarship is awarded annually to a high school graduate of Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

The Walter Sperring Strahan Memorial Scholarship This scholarship honors a victim of the Vietnam war and brother of a Coker graduate. It was established by his mother and family, and supplemented by friends.

The John L. M. Tobias Scholarship This fund was established by Mr. Tibias, a former trustee and prominent Columbia businessman.