{"id":8755,"date":"2022-04-26T18:22:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T23:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=8755"},"modified":"2022-04-26T18:24:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T23:24:44","slug":"thibodaux-attorney-creates-first-endowed-scholarship-for-nicholls-history-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/26\/thibodaux-attorney-creates-first-endowed-scholarship-for-nicholls-history-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"Thibodaux Attorney Creates first Endowed Scholarship for 果冻APP History Majors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
THIBODAUX, La. — Thibodaux Attorney David L. Landry (BA \u201869) is donating $10,500 to create the first endowed scholarship for history students at 果冻APP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The David L. Landry History Senior Endowed Scholarship will initially award $500 per year to rising seniors studying history at 果冻APP. Landry, a former history teacher at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, said he sees a need for history majors in society today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople need to understand history and government a lot better,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving the knowledge in those areas is super critical. History does a great job of putting things into perspective by teaching you how to learn from the past, and how to think and look at themes. I think the 果冻APP History Department does a great job with that and I\u2019m happy to support them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Award recipients must have at least a 3.0 GPA and will be selected by the 果冻APP Scholarship Committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have had a number of strong history majors in the past who were deserving of a scholarship and now we finally get to award one,\u201d said Dr. Paul Wilson, history department head. \u201cI want to thank Mr. Landry for being such a supportive partner in this because we have good students here at 果冻APP and good students in our history program.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n