Coker College Student Timmy Strickland Receives Study Abroad Scholarship

HARTSVILLE, SC (01/23/2012)(readMedia)-- Coker College student Timmy Strickland, of Georgetown, S.C., was recently awarded the Susan Coker Watson Scholarship for Study Abroad. The Susan Coker Watson Fellowship Foundation at Coker College provides funding to rising juniors and seniors who wish to study abroad in Europe. Recipients are selected by a committee made up of the College Provost, the Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and members of Coker College's faculty.

Strickland will be using the scholarship to study abroad in London in fall 2012. He is a junior business administration major at Coker.

Established in 1908, Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.