Lownsbrough Scholarships

Posted December 07, 1998


For Immediate Release - December 7, 1998
98-12-02-ED

Lownsbrough Scholarships

Dean Ken Jacknicke is pleased to announce the awarding of the
Lownsbrough Memorial Scholarships to four students in the
College's Ph.D. programs. The recipients of the award are:

Richard Hiebert, who comes to the Department of Educational
Administration on leave from his position as principal, Biggar High
School where he has served since 1990. He will study issues and
organizational provisions relating to the education of First Nations
students in provincial (as opposed to Band-Controlled) schools.

Steven Lake, who is currently in the Ph.D. program in Educational
Administration. He will be conducting an investigation of the
relationship between emotion and leadership effectiveness, building
upon his master's research in the field of educational psychology.

Dawn Wallin, who joins the Department of Educational
Administration from her position of Vice-Principal with the
Kindersley School Division. She will examine the lifestyle career
choices made by female school administrators in rural Saskatchewan.

Suzanne Zwarych, who will be building upon her Master's thesis on
the Young Offenders Act to investigate strategies utilized by schools
to counteract student violence and build communities of support.
Suzanne taught at the post secondary level and worked as a vice-
principal and business education teacher prior to joining the Ph.D.
program in Educational Administration this year.

These advanced level College of Education scholarships are
awarded to qualified first-year doctoral students who have been
admitted by the College of Graduate Studies and Research in a
doctoral program of studies in Education. Successful candidates
may apply for renewal of the scholarship on successful completion of
the first year of the doctoral program. This award has been
established from the Lownsbrough bequest in memory of Ms.
Dorothy Gray Lownsbrough. Based on academic performance and
promise in research, the scholarship provides support to graduate
students.

For more information contact:

Ken Jacknicke, Dean
College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-7647