Reading Education Endowments and Graduate Scholarships
Janet Williams Bloodgood Endowment for Reading and Children’s Literature
Daughters Elena Grandy and Elizabeth Ames along with their families established this endowment to honor the life and memory of their mother, Dr. Janet Williams Bloodgood. Dr. Bloodgood was a professor within the Department of Language Reading and Exceptionalities in the Reich College of Education. This endowment provides scholarships for full- or part-time graduate students in the Masters of Reading Education Program who have been or are currently teaching and who express an interest in children’s literature. This endowment also provides funds to purchase children’s books, literature and other reading materials for the Janet W. Bloodgood Reading Room located in the Reading Clinic.The reading faculty will nominate and select the recipients of the award.
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The awards from the Janet Williams Bloodgood Endowment have been suspended temporarily due to adverse economic conditions that have impacted the endowment.
The Uberto Price Endowment for the Reich College of Education Reading Program
This endowment has been established in the honor of Uberto Price, long time professor of reading at Appalachian State University. The proceeds from this endowment are for the “highest and best use of the Reading Program in the Department of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities (LRE),” which include support for the Price Reading/Language Arts Symposium and may include scholarship support for full-time graduate students majoring in reading education. The reading program coordinator and chair of the Department of L.R.E. in consultation with the Dean of the Reich College of Education will determine use of the proceeds. Scholarships awarded students will be based on nominations from the reading faculty.
For a list of endowments and scholarships see the Advancement office:
