Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival
Richard Peck Scholarship
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Longtime Festival supporter Richard Peck made a generous donation in 2016 that now provides an annual stipend to offset the cost of attending the Kaigler Festival. Applications are due the second Friday of January each year.
Apply for the Richard Peck Scholarship
Questions about the Richard Peck Scholarship? Please contact Ellen Ruffin at 601-266-6543 or by email at ellen.ruffinFREEMississippi.
Pictured from left, Ellen Ruffin, curator of the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection; Dr. John Eye, dean of University Libraries; University Provost Dr. Steve Moser; President Emeritus Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas; Peck; University President Dr. Rodney D. Bennett; Dr. Ann Blackwell, dean of the College of Education and Psychology; and Karen Rowell, coordinator of the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival.