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Sept. 23, 2002

ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ School Of Construction Students Receive Scholarships

Nine students in the School of Construction at the University of Louisiana at Monroe were honored recently at the Louisiana Associated General Contractors-Monroe District quarterly meeting held recently. ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ President James Cofer was the featured speaker at the event.

Each year the LAGC awards approximately $6,000 in scholarships to ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ construction students. This year's recipients were Brian J. Welch of West Monroe, the A.C. Breckenridge Memorial Scholarship; Marc Rockett of West Monroe, the Bill Gilbert Memorial Scholarship; Leslie Dyess of Junction City, Ark., the John E. Baugh Memorial Scholarship; Al Hayward of Monroe, the Don A. Baxter Scholarship; Zeb Mixon of Ruston, the Hollis Graham Memorial Scholarship; Charles Mardis of Natchez, Miss., the J. Hilton Heard Memorial Scholarship; Chris Highsmith of Bastrop, the Fred C. Culpepper Memorial Scholarship; Josh Tarver of Monroe, the Ranny Terral Memorial Scholarship; and Nick Nicholson of Jonesville, the ACG/Thurman Potts Scholarship.

LAGC is a statewide, full-service construction trade association representing more than 700 general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and service firms throughout Louisiana.

The School of Construction at ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ also awarded scholarships to Jack Skaggs of Bossier City, the David Wayne Geissler Memorial Scholarship; Andrew Brown of Monroe, the Lamar Rogers Honorary Scholarship; Brandon Strong of Monroe, the Hurvie Moak Scholarship; and James Reneau of Monroe, the Bill Eason Memorial Scholarship.

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