Borders Scholarship, Meraki Award winner is Pineville art student

James Borders stands in front of his late wife’s Permanent Student Art Collection housed within Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library’s Academic Success Center.
Skye Marie Dager of Pineville is the winner of the 2024 Meraki Scholarship presented to a student in Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art. Artist James Borders established the scholarship to honor the memory of his wife, Lisa Chesser Borders, who lost her battle with cancer in 2018 at age 49.“Dager’s exceptional talent stood out amidst a large pool of nominees,…

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