Mary Jo Geise

Mary Jo Geise, associate professor of computer science, recently earned a fellowship for graduate study in the Higher Education Administration doctoral program at Bowling Green State University (BGSU).

Geise’s proposal was one of only 31 accepted from among 100 applicants. She has been approved as a full-time recipient with a $10,000 yearly award for three years. Her cognate area of study will be in Institutional Research (IR) where she plans to work directly with BGSU’s IR office during the 2008-2009 academic year.

Geise began the doctoral program at BGSU in 2006 as a part-time student. She will continue teaching courses at UF and will graduate from BGSU with her doctoral degree in 2010.

The opportunity to apply for a fellowship was presented by the Association for Institutional Research and the National Center for Education Statistics. The purpose of the new national fellowship program is to increase the number of well-trained professionals in the area of institutional research and increase the number of professionals who complete advanced degrees in that area of study.