FORMER CALHOUN RESIDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIPS - Katie J. Walker Recipient

(09/25/2009)
Submitted by Bob Edwards
Public Relations Dept. Asst.
Glenville State College

Glenville, WV - Katie J. Walker-Thorn of Elizabeth has been awarded the Claudia Kelly Hays Memorial Scholarship from Glenville State College.

This scholarship was established and named in memory of Claudia Kelly Hays, a 1952 graduate of Glenville State College and former Roane County teacher, by her husband, Bernard R. Hays, a Calhoun County native and 1935 Glenville graduate.

Recipients are selected from Roane and Calhoun County high schools. Walker-Thorn, formally of Big Bend in Calhoun County, is a 2006 graduate of Calhoun County High School.

Walker-Thorn is a senior majoring in General Math-Algebra, with a minor is Elementary Education K-6. She is the daughter of Mark and Emma Walker of Big Bend.