This scholarship was established in 2007 by Dr. Janet Sue Collester (IU Ph.D. in History 1977) in memory of her late brother Dr. J. Bryan Collester, who received his M.A. from Indiana University Political Science in 1963 and his Ph.D. in 1969. Dr. Collester received teaching awards and was author of numerous article and publications during his academic career. The Collester Scholarship supports undergraduate incoming freshmen students majoring in Political Science and is renewable from year-to-year to students making sufficient progress toward his/her baccalaureate degree.