Endowed Scholarships
The Endowed Superior Graduate Student Scholarships Program was introduced in 2014 through the Board of Regents Support Fund (BORSF). This program
pairs a 60% private-sector match with a 40% Board of Regents award to endow a Scholarship
that may be used in support of graduate and first-professional students as well as
post-doctoral fellows.
ULM Foundation endowed scholarships established with 100% private donations require a minimum corpus of $25,000, which
may be accrued over a period not to exceed 60 months. An endowed scholarship specifies
that the principal be held intact, invested, and the annual income used for student
scholarship awards. When the scholarship is established, a scholarship criteria agreement
defines the contact information for the donor(s), the specific purpose of the scholarship,
and the specific guidelines or criteria for the use of the award.
Annual scholarships (non-endowed) may be established with an amount recommended to
be not less than $1,000 per year and a minimum of 5 years.
The ULM Scholarship Office awards all scholarships.
Endowed Chairs
The Endowed Chairs for Eminent Scholars Program was introduced in 1987 through the Board of Regents Support Fund (BORSF). This program
pairs a 60% private-sector match with a 40% Board of Regents award to endow a Chair
to be filled by a scholar of high renown and great ability. The Board of Regents endows
Chairs in any discipline at two levels:
- $1 million total endowment ($600,000 private investment/$400,000 BORSF)
- $2 million total endowment ($1.2 million private investment/$800,000 BORSF)
The 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.
In addition to the academic honor given to the individual, an endowed chair provides
funding for support of his or her teaching, research, and service responsibilities.
B.W. Biedenharn
Endowed Chair of Business
College of Business & Social Sciences
Dr. Joyce Zhou
Contractors Educational Trust Fund Endowed Chair in Construction
College of Business & Social Sciences
Dr. Clint Martin
Emy-Lou Biedenharn
Endowed Chair in Music
College of Arts, Education, & Sciences
Dr. James Boldin
Hanna Spyker
Eminent Scholars
Endowed Chair in Education
Vacant
Joseph A. Biedenharn
Endowed Chair in Gerontology
College of Business & Social Sciences
Dr. Anita Sharma
Kim Sledge Endowed Chair in Risk Management and Insurance
College of Business & Social Sciences
Dr. Christine Berry
Kitty DeGree
Eminent Scholars
Endowed Chair in Nursing
College of Health Sciences
Dr. Wendy Bailes
Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun
Endowed Chair in Pharmacology
College of Pharmacy
Dr. Girish Shah
Susan D. and William S. Banowsky, Jr.
Endowed Chair in Accounting
College of Business & Social Sciences
Dr. Michelle McEacharn
Tom and Mayme Scott
Endowed Chair in Clinical
Pharmacy Practice
College of Pharmacy
Dr. Oscar Garza
Tom and Mayme Scott
Endowed Chair for
Pharmacy Excellence
Dr. Glenn Anderson
Ella Johnson Endowed Chair in Agriculture
College of Business & Social Sciences
Dr. H. Ulas Ograk
Sharon Griffith Turrentine Super Endowed Chair in VAPA
College of Arts, Education & Sciences
Dr. Nicholas Bratcher
Endowed Professorships
The Endowed Professorships Program was established by the Louisiana Board of Regents in 1990-91. The Endowed Professorship
program is designed to broaden opportunities for faculty enhancement on diverse types
of campuses.
Endowed Professorships help recruit superior new faculty and/or retain faculty whose
research, teaching, and/or public service have uniquely contributed to the missions
of their departments and institutions. A major purpose of the Endowed Professorships
program is to create stronger economic development ties between the private sector
and higher education.
An Endowed Professorship is established by pairing an 80% private-sector gift with
a 20% Board of Regents award through a permanent trust fund - the Louisiana Education
Quality Support Fund. The minimum private investment required to establish an Endowed
Professorship is $80,000. This gift is then eligible to receive the Board of Regent’s
$20,000 match, creating a $100,000 Endowed Professorship.
Endowed Professorships are flexible and intended to meet the needs of widely varying
disciplines, campuses, and academic units in one or more of the following ways:
- to provide salary or discretionary spending supplements that will increase the retention
of exemplary professors
- to enhance research competitiveness in achieving Federal funding
- to improve research ties with industry by linking industrial researchers with faculty
- to strengthen the capacity of departments to achieve regional, interstate and/or national
eminence in education or research
The endowed professorship 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.
In addition to the academic honor given to the individual, an endowed professorship
provides funding for support of his or her teaching, research, and service responsibilities.
Academic Affairs
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Mayme and Tom Scott Endowed Professorship in Teaching Excellence
Dr. Emad El-Giar |
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Francesca and C. D. Oakley, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Academic Innovation Center
Ms. Brooke Foy |
Arts, Education, & Sciences
Business & Social Sciences
Health Sciences
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Endowed Professorship in Communicative Disorders
Ms. Mary Thomas |
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ULM Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Dr. Kathy Kennedy |
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Gaye Eason Dean Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Dr. Caroline Carpenter |
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George L. "Chip" Luffey Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology
Dr. Ji Goun |
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Glenwood Regional Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Dr. Sandy Roncal |
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Glenwood Regional Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Nursing (B)
Ms. Candace Gandy |
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Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship for the Speech and Hearing Clinic
Ms. Holley Perry |
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Lucy Shackelford Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology
Ms. Jessica Reynolds |
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Sister Anne Marie Twohig Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Ms. Vonda Boone |
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Sister Jerome Crowley Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Dr. Aimee Oldham |
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Sister Ligouri Lawton Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Ms. Lyndsey Bamburg |
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Willis-Knighton Endowed Professorship in Nursing Honoring Helen Mena
Ms. Karen Traxler |
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Willis-Knighton Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Ms. Patriana Smith |
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Singler/Holyfield
Nursing Endowed Professorship
Ms. Sherilyn Wiggins |
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Tex Kilpatrick Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology
Dr. Joshua Gann |
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Paxton and Nelda Oliver Endowed Professorship in Speech Language Pathology
Dr. Donna Thomas |
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ULM College of Health Sciences Endowed Professorship
Dr. Paul Griswold |
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Pharmacy
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LIPA Professorship in Pharmacy
Dr. Jeffery D. Evans
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Pfizer Inc - B. J. Robison Endowed Professorship in Pharmacy
Dr. Paul Sylvester |
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Tessa Albritton Endowed Professorship in Pharmacy
Dr. Jessica Helmer Brady |
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Waste Management Endowed Professorship in Toxicology
Dr. Kevin Baer
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Willis-Knighton Endowed Porfessorship for the College of Pharmacy
Dr. Alexis Horace |
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The UL System Foundation & Willis-Knighton Health Systems Professorship in Toxicology
Dr. Karen Briski
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