What is the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship?
The goal of the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship is to assist deserving high school seniors in their first year of college and to promote community banking. All Georgia high school seniors are eligible to compete for this scholarship if they are planning to enter a Georgia university, college, or technical institute (two-year program or more) in the fall semester of 2023, following their high school graduation (applicant must be a full-time student). Each year, CBA awards four (4) $1,000 scholarships.
To compete, students must be sponsored by a local community bank, must complete an activity record expressing their leadership activity in school, write a short essay on community banking, provide teacher recommendations and an official high school transcript. Awards are based on academic merit and not financial need.
The scholarship is named after former community banker and long-time CBA Chief Executive Officer, the late Julian Hester and his late daughter, Jan Hester. Jan was a senior at the University of Georgia when she died in an auto accident on April 15, 1990. In addition to supporting community banking, this scholarship is an opportunity to pass on the positive qualities both Julian and Jan Hester exemplified to further the development of tomorrow’s generations.
Applications are due to the bank on April 7, 2023 and to CBA by April 14, 2023.
The goal of the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship is to assist deserving high school seniors in their first year of college and to promote community banking. All Georgia high school seniors are eligible to compete for this scholarship if they are planning to enter a Georgia university, college, or technical institute (two-year program or more) in the fall semester of 2023, following their high school graduation (applicant must be a full-time student). Each year, CBA awards four (4) $1,000 scholarships.
To compete, students must be sponsored by a local community bank, must complete an activity record expressing their leadership activity in school, write a short essay on community banking, provide teacher recommendations and an official high school transcript. Awards are based on academic merit and not financial need.
The scholarship is named after former community banker and long-time CBA Chief Executive Officer, the late Julian Hester and his late daughter, Jan Hester. Jan was a senior at the University of Georgia when she died in an auto accident on April 15, 1990. In addition to supporting community banking, this scholarship is an opportunity to pass on the positive qualities both Julian and Jan Hester exemplified to further the development of tomorrow’s generations.
Applications are due to the bank on April 7, 2023 and to CBA by April 14, 2023.
2023 Application
Congratulations to the 2022 Scholarship Winners!
Emily Lariscy
University of Georgia Farmers & Merchants Bank, Sylvania Mr. Hoke Reeves, III |
Dylan Savannah Lee
Georgia Southern University Durden Banking Company, Twin City Mr. H. Wade Johnson |
Gentry Walker Tootle
Mercer University Durden Banking Company, Twin City Mr. H. Wade Johnson |
Graham Spires
University of Georgia Bank of Lumber City, Lumber City Ms. Virginia Hand |
A Special Thanks to our 2022 Judges Panel
Dr. Marguerite Brickman, University of Georgia, Athens
Kristy Brown, Greater Community Bank, Rome
Trudy Eller, American Commerce Bank, Bremen
Drew Kessler – Genesys Technology Group, Norcross
Brian Reed, College Avenue, Wilmington, DE
