The Auburn Alumni Association Board of Directors has approved the creation of the Dr. Josetta Brittain Matthews '67 Memorial Endowed Scholarship to support Auburn University's goal of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion among its student body. This scholarship will provide support to undergraduate students whose financial need makes attendance at Auburn cost prohibitive.

Dr. Matthews was this first Black student to earn a degree from Auburn, earning a master's degree in 1967 and a second master's in 1975, both in education. She was also the first Black faculty member at the university, joining the College of Liberal Arts as a history instructor almost a decade after. In 2005, the Auburn University Board of Trustees awarded an honorary doctorate to Matthews. Dr. Matthews passed away in 2019.

Please give to this much needed scholarship.