FCR 9



Office of the President
January 21, 1997




Members, Board of Trustees:


                         NAMING OF FELLOWSHIP AWARDS



Recommendation: that the Board approve naming the existing
the "Daniel R. Reedy Quality Achievement Fellowships."



Quality Achievement Fellowships



Background: After eighteen years of administrative service, including six and one-half years as
Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Daniel R. Reedy will be returning to the Department of
Spanish and Italian. Dr. Reedy's contributions to graduate education are many and varied, and
his long-term stewardship of the Graduate School has been marked by tremendous growth and
expansion and by significant increase in quality and standards.

The Quality Achievement Fellowships, instituted by Dean Reedy, were first offered in 1991-92.
They provide a supplemental stipend to be added on to a regular fellowship, teaching
assistantship or research assistantship. The awards are potentially renewable for a second year
for master's students or for a total of three years for doctoral students. These fellowships enable
the University to attract outstanding graduate students by providing a critical margin of financial
support and additional prestige to the graduate program's regular offerings. It is, therefore, fitting
that these highly competitive and prestigious awards be named for Dean Reedy whose name has
been synonymous with excellence and achievement in graduate education.



ApDisapproved       U Other



Action taken:



dApproved