Scholarship available to visually impaired students

Two estate gifts totaling $817,000 will create scholarships at Ball State University to assist students from Randolph County and the visually impaired.

The Eunice M. Davisson Scholarship was created from a $317,000 gift from the estate of Davisson, who died in 2001. The fund will provide scholarships for students from Randolph County who are attending Ball State.

Davisson, a resident of Greenville, Ohio, at the time of her death, earned her bachelor's degree in 1949 and her master's degree in 1955 from Ball State Teachers College. She worked as a teacher in Baltimore, Md., before retiring.

The Myra Jean Bush Fund to assist visually impaired students recently was established through a $500,000 gift from an anonymous donor.