UT Tyler Office of News and Information

HOMETOWN RELEASE: Keller Resident Awarded 2010 UT Tyler History Scholarship

September 2, 2010

Media Contact: Hannah Buchanan
Public Affairs Specialist
News and Information
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.565.5769

Ashley Nicole Stormes of Keller, a junior at The University of Texas at Tyler, is a 2010 history scholarship recipient.

Stormes received the Edwin Morgan Smyrl and Frank H. Smyrl Endowed History Scholarship in the amount of $750.

The Edwin Morgan Smyrl and Frank H. Smyrl Endowed History Scholarship honors the memory of Dr. Frank H. Smyrl, the first historian to join the UT Tyler faculty, and his brother, historian Edwin Morgan Smyrl. Frank Smyrl was the founding department chair and dean of the UT Tyler College of Liberal Arts.

The Department of History presents scholarships to declared history majors in recognition of excellent academic performance and for the purpose of encouraging the study of history at the university.

Stormes will be recognized during an awards banquet in April 2011.

She is a UT Tyler Webb Historical Society member and plans to graduate in December 2011 and hopes to become a published author and history teacher.

For more information, contact Dr. Edward Tabri, UT Tyler associate professor of history, 903.566.7322 or etabri@uttyler.edu.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 6,000 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine.