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Florida Southern College sophomore
awarded $5,000 scholarship

LAKELAND, Fla. (Nov. 26, 2001) - Florida Southern College and the Florida Independent College Fund (FICF) announced that sophomore Jessica Hall was awarded a $5,000 Coca Cola First Generation Scholarship. The award is given to students who are the first in their family to graduate from college. It recognizes a student who exemplifies excellence in the classroom and in the community.

Hall will graduate in the spring of 2003 with a degree in biology. She is the daughter of Debra Fisher of Seminole, Fla., and Michael Hall.

The Coca Cola First Generation Scholarship Program awards scholarships annually at each of the member schools of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF). The program is administered by the FICF, a not-for-profit foundation for program and resources development for the ICUF. Based at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., ICUF is dedicated to providing financial assistance to students attending Florida’s independent colleges and universities. Funds are granted by corporate partners who are equally committed to providing the best educational alternatives for today’s college students.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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