Gilbert and Barbara Parker

Barbara and Gilbert Parker established this scholarship in 2015. They created this scholarship in honor of their daughter, Alison Bailey Parker. Alison (’12) graduated from the College of Arts and Letters with a BS in Media Arts and Design. As a student she was a news editor at the Breeze, a member of Alpha Phi Sorority, and was a tutor of freshmen calculus students. During her college summers she was a New College Institute intern for The United Way and MURA in Martinsville, and at WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Virginia. She graduated from JMU in 2012 and joined the news team at WCTI12 in North Carolina as the Jacksonville bureau chief, covering Camp Lejeune and the surrounding area, where she relished the tough schedule and hard news. involved as a Student Duke Club Member and Learning Center Tutor. She tragically passed away in 2015.