Judith McGue Sherrer Scholarship established at Southeastern

Press Release Date: 9-16-2011

DURANT, Okla. – The Judith McGue Sherrer Memorial Endowed Scholarship has been established in the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Foundation.

The scholarship is to be awarded to Southeastern students who are graduates of Atoka (Oklahoma) High School and who have declared Education as their major field of study.

The scholarship was established in memory of Judith McGue Sherrer, who passed away April 11, 2011.

A graduate of Atoka High School, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education at Southeastern in 1978. After completing her Master of Education degree at the University of Central Oklahoma in 1997, she taught in elementary schools throughout her career.

From 1978 to 1987, she taught at Nashoba, from 1988 to 1997 at Jones, and from 1997 to 2003 at Ketchum Elementary.