Gifts are earmarked
to nurture good teaching
Husband and father give scholarship as memorial to Jacksonville teacher
By Martha Stewart
Development Officer, College of Education
Donna Carilia Hedrick taught as she lived - with great courage.
After she became ill with multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease of the central
nervous system, Hedrick, a teacher, devoted her time to helping others with
the disease.
A scholarship dedicated to her memory has been established at FSU's College
of Education for students who want to work with the physically challenged.
Endowed by her husband, David Theodore Hedrick, and her father, Thomas A.
Carilia, the $100,000 scholarship will be eligible for a state match of
$50,000.
Hedrick earned a B. S in Education from Florida State University in 1969
and a Masters of Education degree from Jacksonville University in 1976.
She taught fifth grade for four years in San Antonio, Texas, before moving
in 1973 to Jacksonville, where she taught fifth grade at Gregory Drive Elementary
and later was the reading resource teacher for all grades. She was past
president of the Duval County Reading Council.
'Spectacular gift' creates professorship in chemistry
By Carl Voelcker
FSU Foundation
Dr. Raymond Cottrell and his wife, Stella, are giving a professorship in
chemistry to Florida State University.
Both are graduates of FSU, and Dr. Cottrell credits FSU 's department of
chemistry as an important part of his education.
"I want to recognize those faculty members who are committed to excellent
teaching," he said. "Those professors and instructors who treat
excellent teaching as a professional goal, sometimes to the detriment of
their research, need to be acknowledged in some meaningful way."
The $100,000 scholarship fund is eligible for state matching funds. The
Cottrell Family Professorship in Chemistry will be awarded annually by a
selection committee which will include Dr. Cottrell.
Arts and Sciences Dean Donald J. Foss said, "This is a spectacular
gift at a time when awards to professors are dwindling with the decrease
in state funding.
"It means we will have the opportunity to recognize outstanding faculty
in the chemistry department, and I simply couldn't be happier."