Mrs. Rose Shockley Wiseman, class of 1937 graduate, recently began a $30,000 endowment fund to support scholarships for elementary and secondary education majors.

The J. Alexander & Rose Shockley Wiseman Scholarship Fund is named for Mrs. Wiseman and her husband, the late Dr. Joseph Alexander Wiseman, who was the first director and founder of the Bowie State University Graduate School.

The newly established fund will strengthen the university's endowment and ensure long-term stability for scholarships in the teaching profession. The Private Donation Incentive Program of the State of Maryland will match the funds placed into the scholarship at a rate of 2:1, which will accelerate the fund's value to $90,000.   more >>