Saunders Earns Simmons First Bank Scholarship

Jordan Saunders of Dover is the spring 2011 recipient of the Simmons First Bank Scholarship at Arkansas Tech University.

Saunders is a senior with a double major in accounting and economics and finance. His parents are Marcia Cooper and Gene Saunders.

“This scholarship will lift the financial burden of my fifth year of college so that I can graduate with a double major,” said Saunders.

Photographed, from left, are: Kelly Davis, director of corporate and athletic relations at Arkansas Tech; Tonya Hurley, vice president for Simmons First Bank in Russellville; scholarship recipient Jordan Saunders; and Dr. Ed Bashaw, dean of the Arkansas Tech College of Business.

For more information about applying for or contributing toward a scholarship through the Arkansas Tech Foundation, call (479) 968-0400 or visit www.atu.edu/givetotech.

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