First Disability Services Scholarship

Craig Chisholm, a first-year graduate student in industrial engineering, was the recipient of the first Disability Services Scholarship in spring 1996. Funds for the scholarship were created from those donated for scholarships through the Twenty-First Century Campaign by employees of the Disability Services Office. The scholarship award was $200. Chisholm, an undergraduate mechanical engineering student, was injured in an automobile accident in 1993, leaving him a quadriplegic.

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  • Title First Disability Services Scholarship
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  • Keywords First Disability Services Scholarship
  • Website Name Volopedia
  • Publisher University of Tennessee Libraries
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  • Access Date January 1, 2026
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  • Date of Last Update October 7, 2018