Vinson Family with Chancellor Khayat
OXFORD, Miss. – Recipients of the T.P. Vinson Memorial Scholarship and T.P. Vinson Educator Award at the University of Mississippi will be recognized during an annual reception set for March 29.
The event begins at 4:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Robert C. Khayat Law Center. Both honorees will be announced as family, colleagues and friends remember and honor Vinson’s legacy. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by contacting Whitney Webb at 662-915-7906 or whitdt@olemiss.edu.
“The Memorial Scholarship was established in 2006 and has been granted to education majors at the University of Mississippi,” said Jacquline ‘Jackie’ Vinson, project coordinator in the Office of the Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the educator’s widow. “The Educator Award was established in 2011 as a means to recognize a current or retired K-12 teacher or administrator who has made an impact on the lives of others and the education profession.”
Vinson was an assistant dean and a faculty member in UM’s School of Education from 1989 to 2003. He also served as pastor of the Philadelphia M.B. Church in Oxford and was an active member of the Lafayette-Oxford-University community before succumbing to cancer.
The $1,000 Dr. T. P. Vinson Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to a full-time junior or senior African-American student who demonstrates extraordinary leadership ability and community service in the teacher education program. Tax-deductible donations to the scholarship endowment can be sent to the University of Mississippi Foundation, P.O. Box 249, University, MS 38677, or donations can be made online at http://www.umf.olemiss.edu/makeagift.