Three A&M-Commerce Students Receive Beginning Teacher Scholarship

Two students, each dressed in a cap and gown, pose against a word-cloud backdrop.

The Texas Retired Teachers Foundation recently granted its Beginning Teacher Scholarship to three aspiring educators attending A&M-Commerce. The students received the awards at a May 9 ceremony at the university’s Alumni Center.

Grace Parsons (left), Angelica Basile (right) and Elizabeth Anne King (not in attendance) will each receive $750 intended to assist with certification exam costs and preparing their new classrooms.

The scholarship is open to college seniors earning an undergraduate degree at a Texas university or college, or first-year public-school educators.

Learn more about the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at A&M-Commerce.