Ada Arts & Humanities Council
2002 Scholarships

2002 Eleanor Wight Memorial Scholarship Winner and Finalists
The Eleanor Wight Memorial Scholarship is given to a graduating high school senior who has been active in the arts and is planning to continue that tradition. It honors the late Eleanor Wight, a long-time supporter of the arts and humanities in Ada and a former member of the arts & humanities council board of directors.


Lisa Lynn Rogers

 Lisa Lynn Rogers, Latta, is recipient of the 2002 award. She is the daughter of Curt and Sherry Rogers and was a leader at Latta in all aspects of student life. She has served as class president for five years, Oklahoma Delegate for the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, Girls State delegate, member of the National Honor Society, Superintendent Student Advisory Committee and School Safety Committee. Rogers has been active in theater, speech and music and had placed in academic contests throughout Oklahoma. She has been a member of the East Central Oklahoma Choral Directors' Association Honor Choir for two years and has won Outstanding Achievement Awards in computer. Besides her involvement with school activities, Rogers has also performed in seven productions of the Ada Community Theatre beginning in 1997. She plans to attend the University of Central Oklahoma with a major in theater communications with a concentration in education. She will continue her music studies as well, seeking music and acting opportunities on the university stage as well as in community theater groups. Rogers also hopes to pursue graduate studies at either Julliard School of the Arts in New York or Ramsey Arts Academy in California.
Jared Snider is the son of Mick and Teresa Snider, Ada, and is a graduate of Ada High School. His honors and awards include U.S. National Achievement Academy Science Merit Award, National Leadership and Service Award, All-District Honor Band, delegate to Boys State, an Oklahoma Ambassador of Music to Europe and Who's Who Among American High School Students. Snider has been on the Superintendent's Honor Roll throughout high school and has many honors and awards in music and academics under his belt. He plans to attend Oral Roberts University where he will major in instrumental musical arts. After college he will begin a career in evangelical church music ministry.


Jared Snider
 


Alexsis Wilson
 

 Alexsis Wilson is a graduate of Byng High School and plans to pursue an elementary education degree with a minor in music at East Central University. She is the daughter of Alex and Susan Wilson. She was a member of the 2001 All OCDA Women's Choir and has received numerous awards at District Vocal Contests in Oklahoma and when she was living in Nebraska. After receiving her teaching degree, Wilson plans to develop and nurture her students' interest in music. Music will still be a major role in her life.
Amy Gifford is a recent graduate of Ada High School where she accumulated a long list of honors and awards. All through high school she has been on the Superintendent's Honor Roll, Governor's Honor Roll, a member of the National Honor Society and Native American National Honor Society. Gifford has served as a delegate in the OASC State Conventions. She won first place in yearbook page design at ECU Scholastic Meet and serves as the Cougar Yearbook design editor. She is a member of the Art Club and has designed T-shirts for the student council and other school organizations. Gifford plans to attend the University of Oklahoma, majoring in fashion design. Beyond college she dreams about attending Parsons School of Design in New York to further her education.


Amy Gifford

2002  Jerry Criswell Memorial Scholarship
The Criswell Memorial Scholarship was created to honor the memory of Jerry Criswell, an Ada businessman and long-time supporter of the arts and humanities in Ada. He, too, was a member of the council's board of directors. The scholarship is given to an artist or rising university senior planning to continue their education in the arts and humanities. In 2002, the scholarship was split between Peggy Wallace and Dale Adam Myers.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Adam Myers

 

 Adam Myers is a co-recipient of the Criswell Memorial Scholarship. He is the son of Dale and Sharon Myers and a senior at East Central University majoring in instrument music education. As trumpeter, he performs in the ECU Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and the Pride of Tigerland Pep Band, Brass Choir. Myers was voted outstanding Freshmen trumpet in the marching band. He also is a member of the University Chorus. Besides his involvement with the university's various music groups. Myers has been a six-year member of the First Baptist Church of Ada Orchestra. He plans to use the scholarship to help finance his remaining year at ECU. Upon graduation, Myers will pursue a high school band director position.
Our other co-recipient of the Criswell Memorial Scholarship is Peggy Wallace. She is a certified teacher in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and Learning Disabilities and is currently substituting for Ada Public Schools. Whenever possible she brings the arts into her classrooms and especially enjoys working with a class of emotionally disturbed students manipulating clay while practicing sharing skills and good manners. This has raised her interest in Art Therapy and she would like to broaden her skills and pursue certification in this area. Although new to the art world, Wallace has shown her work to elementary students and teachers and exhibited at ECU as well as through the Ada Area Artists Association, of which she is a member. Her portion of the scholarship will fund a class in Function, Form and Compositions in clay at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.


Peggy Wallace