Andrew Geyer Endowed Schol­ar­ship intro­duced to honor out­stand­ing student

By Leigh Ann Lit­tle ’09

Andrew Geyer

“Aca­d­e­mics were always impor­tant to Andrew; he always strived to be the best he could be,” remem­bered his mother Gladys Geyer. “He enjoyed life no mat­ter what he did.”

To pre­serve that same spirit among future Wes­ley Col­lege stu­dents, the Andrew Joseph Geyer Endowed Schol­ar­ship was estab­lished this year in mem­ory of the out­stand­ing hon­ors stu­dent and golf team cap­tain. Geyer, a 22 year-old from Mil­ford, Delaware, died Feb­ru­ary 23 after being struck by a car while vis­it­ing with friends in West Virginia.

The schol­ar­ship will be awarded for the first time this fall to a stu­dent who resides in Delaware and main­tains a 3. 2 or higher GPA. “I am hon­ored to know that his mem­ory will live on at Wes­ley. My hope is that this schol­ar­ship will help some­one who has worked just as hard as Andrew and has been able to give back to their com­mu­nity,” said Gladys.

Since Andrew’s tragic death, less than three months shy of his grad­u­a­tion day, many friends and fam­ily have hon­ored his mem­ory through con­tri­bu­tions to the schol­ar­ship. Dur­ing the May Com­mence­ment cer­e­mony, Gladys accepted a posthu­mous Bach­e­lor of Arts in Polit­i­cal
Sci­ence degree on his behalf. Also dur­ing the cer­e­mony, Dr. William John­ston, pres­i­dent of Wes­ley Col­lege, announced that Wesley’s Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment Asso­ci­a­tion pledged a gift of $2,000 towards the endowed scholarship.

This pledge exem­pli­fies the proac­tive cam­pus com­mu­nity that Gladys and her fam­ily are grate­ful that Andrew expe­ri­enced dur­ing his time at Wes­ley. She expressed, “The sup­port has always been won­der­ful. It made Andrew feel more at home at Wesley.”

Each year, an esti­mated 90 per­cent of stu­dents who attend Wes­ley Col­lege receive var­i­ous types of finan­cial aid, includ­ing schol­ar­ships. Among these schol­ar­ship awards, the Andrew Joseph Geyer Endowed Schol­ar­ship Fund aims to ensure that a Wes­ley Col­lege degree remains within the reach of qual­i­fied under­grad­u­ates who meet the cri­te­ria set forth within the schol­ar­ship guidelines.

For more infor­ma­tion on gift oppor­tu­ni­ties in sup­port of the Andrew Joseph Geyer Endowed Schol­ar­ship Fund or other schol­ar­ships, please con­tact Chris Wood, vice pres­i­dent for insti­tu­tional advance­ment, at (302) 736‑2316 or via e-mail at chriswood@wesley.edu W