2008 Woodie Awards
Family establishes three endowed chairs
Issue date: 1/22/08 Section: News
The Nellie Cooke Sparrow Chair for a Writer in Residence, the Joseph Walker Coleman Sr. Chair in Elementary Education and the Henry Booker Sparrow Chair in Economics and Economics Forecasting recently were established.
The chairs were put in place by long-time supporters of the university, John W. Sparrow and his family of Lake City.
The Writer in Residence chair was established in memory of Sparrow's mother and will be awarded to a faculty member of the Department of English, Modern Languages and Philosophy.
The elementary education chair is a memorial to a friend of the Sparrow family who served as a superintendent in Florence School District 3 and worked as a math teacher in Scranton. It will be awarded to a faculty member of the School of Education.
The chair in economics and economics forecasting was established in honor of Sparrow's father and will be awarded to a faculty member of the School of Business.
Each chair will be endowed for $100,000. The purpose of the chairs is to honor current or future faculty members for their academic excellence, integrity and professionalism in their field.
The awarding of the chairs also can be used as a recruiting incentive for new faculty members in the respective departments. The chairs are expected to be awarded in August.
The university recently received a substantial gift that will partially fund a new baseball stadium scheduled to be completed in 2009-10. A proposal to name the baseball stadium Sparrow Stadium will be voted on at the next meeting of the Board of Trustees.
An endowed chair is a distinction awarded by the university to a scholar or teacher in recognition of past and potential original contributions to the individual's academic discipline.
-- From campus reports
The chairs were put in place by long-time supporters of the university, John W. Sparrow and his family of Lake City.
The Writer in Residence chair was established in memory of Sparrow's mother and will be awarded to a faculty member of the Department of English, Modern Languages and Philosophy.
The elementary education chair is a memorial to a friend of the Sparrow family who served as a superintendent in Florence School District 3 and worked as a math teacher in Scranton. It will be awarded to a faculty member of the School of Education.
The chair in economics and economics forecasting was established in honor of Sparrow's father and will be awarded to a faculty member of the School of Business.
Each chair will be endowed for $100,000. The purpose of the chairs is to honor current or future faculty members for their academic excellence, integrity and professionalism in their field.
The awarding of the chairs also can be used as a recruiting incentive for new faculty members in the respective departments. The chairs are expected to be awarded in August.
The university recently received a substantial gift that will partially fund a new baseball stadium scheduled to be completed in 2009-10. A proposal to name the baseball stadium Sparrow Stadium will be voted on at the next meeting of the Board of Trustees.
An endowed chair is a distinction awarded by the university to a scholar or teacher in recognition of past and potential original contributions to the individual's academic discipline.
-- From campus reports
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