Four UNA Students Reap the Rewards of Edward Fennel Mauldin Endowed Scholarships
Oct. 30, 2014
Bryan Rachal, Public Affairs and Media Relations
FLORENCE, Ala. – Four University of North Alabama students have a little less to worry about this school year thanks to the generosity of the Mauldin Family and Bank Independent. Officials with Bank Independent and UNA recognized the four recipients of the Edward Fennel Mauldin Endowed Scholarships at a ceremony Tuesday afternoon. The scholarships are in honor of Edward Fennel Mauldin, the bank’s late chairman and father of current Bank Independent President, Macke Mauldin.
Two of the four scholarship recipients are accepting the scholarship for the first time, while the other two are second and third-year recipients. The four scholarship recipients are: Benjamin “Ben” Ish, a freshman finance major from Rogersville and first-year Mauldin Scholarship recipient; Brittany Michael, a sophomore political science/legal studies major from Florence and second-year Mauldin Scholarship recipient; Logan Heflin, a junior nursing major from Florence and third-year Mauldin Scholarship recipient; and David “Drew” Fisher, a junior HPER major from Florence and first-year Mauldin Scholarship recipient.
This is the fifth year that the Mauldin family has awarded the scholarships. With the addition of a fourth scholarship this year, the Mauldin family is one step closer to their goal of five concurrent, annual, renewable scholarships as of 2016. Once the goal is completed, the scholarships will benefit a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior and fifth-year student at UNA.
The four recipients were on hand for the announcement Tuesday at the Bank Independent offices on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals. Macke Mauldin, president of Bank Independent, honored his late father when speaking about the current recipients.
“We know that our dad would be very proud to see these four extraordinary students here today. He believed that any exposure to college was better than none, and he was a strong supporter of the University of North Alabama. He shared UNA’s mission to educate the young people in our area and was always interested in making sure his friends and neighbors had the opportunity for post-secondary education,” Mauldin said.
Photos of the event can be found at: http://www.unalionsden.com/archive/gallery.php?album_id=1041&photo_id=14102
About Bank Independent
Since 1947, Bank Independent has taken pride in serving the customers who count on us to be there for them when they need us most. With 28 branches across north Alabama, we’re committed to providing the best service, designing the most desired products and creating an overall excellent experience for each and every customer. As a local community bank, we believe in building relationships that run deep and that last. All of our employees reside in our local communities, and believe in giving back through investing money and through our volunteering efforts. To become part of a bank that is Radically Original in all that it does, visit us at https://www.bibank.com/
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA
The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Sciences, and Nursing. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. UNA also operates a renowned collegiate athletic program in NCAA Division II's Gulf South Conference. The University of North Alabama is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age or national origin.