Lexington's CeJay Bonner earns three scholarship at East Central University

CeJay Bonner, of Lexington, was the recipient of the Bertha and Myrtle Sturdevant Scholarship, Bill Walden Business Administration Scholarship and the Kevin Turner Business Administration Scholarship during East Central University's recent Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business Scholarship and Awards Banquet. The Sturdevant Scholarship is awarded to fulltime ECU students who are employed by the Stonecipher School of Business as student employees. Preference is given to those with the greatest financial need for the scholarship at the time of the award. Preference is also given to those with a 3.0 grade-point average or higher and classification of junior and senior. The recipient is selected by the Stonecipher School of Business Scholarship Committee or a designee. The scholarship is funded by Lynda K. Simpson, who has a long history with ECU and is thankful for the education she received from the School of Business. Bertha and Myrtle Sturdevant were professors in Business Education. The Bill Walden Scholarship is awarded at the discretion of the Business Administration Department. Walden was a longtime faculty member in the School of Business and this scholarship was established in his honor by family and friends. The Kevin Turner Scholarship is awarded at the discretion of the Business Administration Department. Turner is an ECU alumni and well-known businessman. He established this scholarship to assist students who are pursuing a degree in business administration. Pictured with Bonner is Wendell Godwin, dean of ECU's Stonecipher School of Business.