MONTGOMERY- The Alabama Correctional Employee Support Fund is proud to award $13,000 in academic scholarships to 11 deserving recipients for 2013. The ACESF is dedicated to providing financial support and assistance to employees of the Alabama Department of Corrections and members of their families.  Since 2010, The ACESF has awarded more than $47,000 to scholarship recipients. 

 Scholarship amounts are $1,000 for undergraduate students and $1,500 for graduate students.  The annual Farquhar Scholarship recipient is awarded $2,500, given in honor of former Warden Charles Farquhar and his wife, Doris.  Mr. Farquhar served as Superintendent and Warden of the State Cattle Ranch for 38 years.  Mrs. Farquhar served as his secretary and assistant for 30 years.  The Cattle Ranch was named in honor of Mr. Farquhar by Governor Fob James in May, 1982.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Cue the “Pomp and Circumstance”: Auburn University at Montgomery will award more than 400 undergraduate and graduate degrees during two commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11, in the AUM Athletic Complex.

Carl Whatley Jr., a notable AUM alumnus who has built an impressive career in the pharmaceutical industry, will speak at the ceremonies. Whatley is currently the chief executive officer of Cendalor Life Science Ventures,which seeks to identify and invest in companies developing niche pharmaceutical products for the U.S. market.

Whatley graduated from AUM in 1983, by which time he had already begun a career in pharmaceuticals at Wyeth Laboratories. He worked with Wyeth until he founded ProEthic Pharmaceuticals in 2001. After ProEthic had grown to a $40 million company, Whatley sold it to the Kowa Company Limited. In 2009, he retired as chairman and CEO of Kowa Pharmaceuticals.