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Florida Southern College senior
awarded $3,000 scholarship

LAKELAND, Fla. (Nov. 26, 2001) - Florida Southern College senior Pamela Allard received a $3,000 scholarship from the LeRoy Collins Memorial Scholarship Program. The program provides a $3,000 scholarship ($1,500 from LeRoy and $1,500 from the host institution) to a senior student who is planning a career in broadcasting.

Allard, treasurer of the Student Government Association, will graduate in the spring of 2002 with a degree in communication. She is the daughter of Paul and Susan Allard of Sarasota, Fla.

The LeRoy Collins Memorial Scholarship Program is administered by the Florida Independent College Fund, a not-for-profit foundation for program and resources development for the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF). Based at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., ICUF is dedicated to providing financial assistance to students attending Florida’s independent colleges and universities. Funds are granted by corporate partners who are equally committed to providing the best educational alternatives for today’s college students.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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