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College of Education graduate student Beryl Bray has received a $1,000 Louise McBee Scholarship from the Georgia Association of Women in Higher Education (GAWHE) for her academic achievements and support for women exhibiting leadership in higher education.
Bray, a second-year doctoral student from Ghana, West Africa, is majoring in educational psychology with a concentration in applied cognition and development. For her dissertation, Bray plans to research the development of mathematical cognition in African-American children and to explore the gender differences that exist in learning mathematics in early to middle childhood.
It's such an honor to be named the 2009 recipient of the Louise McBeee Scholarship, Bray said. I believe Dr. McBee was an extraordinary woman with such high regard for students, faculty, alumni and friends. Her honesty, candor and integrity make her one to be greatly admired.
McBee, vice president for academic affairs emerita of UGA, began her career as a high school teacher in Virginia, but made her mark on education and politics in Georgia.
Beginning in 1963, she held several posts with UGA, including dean of women, associate dean of students, dean of students, assistant vice president for instruction, associate and senior associate vice president for academic affairs, and acting vice president for academic affairs.
McBee retired from the university in 1988 and moved into the next phase of her life. She tackled Mt. Everest and was, at the time, the oldest woman to climb higher than 18,000 feet. From there she plunged into politics. McBee was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives from Clarke County in 1991 and served for 14 years. She served as chair of the Higher Education Committee from 2002-2004.
Bray, who plans to graduate in 2011, will be recognized at the 2009 GAWHE Conference February 20 at Georgia Center for Continuing Education on the UGA campus.
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