Mary Elizabeth Greenwood Jones Memorial Scholarship

Mary Elizabeth Greenwood Jones was recruited by V.C. Kays as one of the first students of the regional training school that evolved into what is now Arkansas State University. After obtaining a teaching license, she taught many years at Hickory Ridge and Fisher, AR. She later earned a degree from the institution where she studied 27 years earlier, which by then was known as Arkansas State College. Her son, the late Bill E. Jones, with his family in 1989 established the scholarship you are receiving in honor and loving memory of Mrs. Greenwood Jones as a permanent tribute to her accomplishments and in recognition of your initiative as a non-traditional student at Arkansas State University.