Bowie
State University Alumna, Mrs. Rose Wiseman, Endows $30,000
Scholarship
Mrs.
Rose Shockley Wiseman
Bowie, MD
(BlackNews.com) - 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.
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Mrs.
Wiseman began her teaching career in Charles County
in 1937. Her accomplishments include serving as principal
of the two-room Bowie Elementary School, teaching at
Bates High School where she led the creative writing
club and published six volumes of Threads magazine along
with her students, and associate professor at Bowie
State College (University). Mrs. Wiseman is also a member
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
As a wife and mother of one, she continued her education
at Hampton Institute and earned a B.S. degree. In 1951,
she was one of the first African Americans to graduate
from the University of Maryland with a M.Ed. degree.
Her son, Adrian, and his wife, Christelle Newman Wiseman,
earned degrees from Bowie State in 1969 and 1970 respectively.
They have two children, Anedra Wiseman Bourne and Christopher
Wiseman.
If there is an interest in supporting the scholarship,
checks may be made payable to Bowie State University
Foundation (BSUF). Write J. Alexander & Rose Shockley
Wiseman Scholarship Fund in the memo section of the
check and mail to: BSUF, Bowie State University, 14000
Jericho Park Road 20715. For more information, call
(301) 860-4314.
PRESS CONTACT:
University Relations and Marketing
Deborrah M. Banks, (301) 860-4311
dbanks@bowiestate.edu
Kimberly
M. West, (301) 860-4307
kwest@bowiestate.edu
www.bowiestate.edu
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