Linda and Les Carnine
The University of Arkansas on Friday announced that alumnus Les Carnine and his wife Linda, of Edmond, Oklahoma, have committed $250,000 to the College of Education & Health Professions and Campaign Arkansas.
Their money will create the Carnine Endowed Scholarship in Education Leadership.
The scholarship will benefit students pursuing a doctor of education degree from the Education Leadership Program in Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the college.
“The impact of a quality education has immeasurable benefits to not only the individual but to the community and to society in general,” Les Carnine, who earned his doctorate in education administration from UA, said in a news release. “Quality leadership is an essential ingredient. It impacts students, families and co-workers.”
“As a former grad student, I understand that it’s an effort for these students to come up with the money to fund their educations,” he said. “We want to give them a helping hand and know what an impact education can have on people’s lives.”
Carnine was honored as the first recipient of the college’s alumni award for exceptional professional and personal achievement and extraordinary distinction in the education profession in 2011.
Linda Carnine taught first and second graders, gifted and talented classes and undergraduate classes, and worked as an educational specialist.
The Carnines are also members of the Arkansas Alumni Association and the Chancellor’s Society.
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