Undergraduate Student MAJOR: Special Education

ASTHE YOUNGEST of three children in her family who all attended college, Carly Cash is grateful for the financial help the Dixie and Paul Kellerhals Scholarship has provided. It’s one of the undergraduate scholarships funded by the Elevate SFA campaign to help reduce the average debt of students and increase retention.

“This scholarship was an honor to receive,” said Cash, a senior from Georgetown. “It allowed my parents and me to not stress as much going into my last semester of college. For me, personally, it took a weight off my shoulders so I could focus on my clinical teaching semester.”

Like Dixie Kellerhals, who graduated from

SFA with a bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1984 and a master's degree in special education in 1985, Cash has chosen to focus on special education. She’s also minoring in deaf education.

“My goal with those specialties is to teach life skills classes at the elementary school level,” she said.

The Dixie and Paul Kellerhals Scholarship annually supports four students enrolled in the James I. Perkins College of Education. All recipients must have a high school GPA of at least 3.0 and have participated in extracurricular activities and worked or volunteered during high school.