Development News
Newest Scholarship Created in Honor of Donor's Parents
Frances and Matthew Kralj with granddaughter Emily
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Mark, OSU ’77, and Kathy Kralj of Gresham, Oregon, have recently endowed the Matthew and Frances Kralj Scholarship to support students enrolled in the College of Education.The couple has a deep commitment to education. Mark Kralj’s father was a teacher, and Mark’s wife, Kathy, works as a counselor. Additionally, each of Mark’s three siblings graduated from OSU’s College of Education. “We set up this scholarship truly to honor my parents,” says Mark Kralj. “They raised eight children and we’re all successful and educated. That is no small task. I admire them and I love them.”He says he hopes that the scholarship will go to a future educator who has a passion to teach and who might not have the opportunity to attend OSU without financial aid.Mark serves as chair-elect of the OSU Foundation Board of Trustees. The Kraljs have three children. Their daughter, Emily Kralj, is starting her first year at OSU this fall in the Engineering Honors Program.
For information on creating a scholarship or giving to the College of Education, please contact our -development specialist Tom McLennan at the OSU Foundation: 541-737-8299.
College Receives Grant to Study Innovation in Oregon High Schools
Michael Dalton
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Our College has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with Employers for Education Excellence (E3) on the Innovation in Oregon High Schools project. The funds will be used to research creativity and innovation in Oregon high schools through December of 2006.
The research will identify successful high schools that have overcome policy barriers to implement innovative practices within the current legal and regulatory environment. Through case studies of innovative schools and practices, the Innovation in Oregon High Schools project will identify where and why policy barriers exist.
“We will be looking at those legal, regulatory, and policy issues affecting creation and operation of innovative small high schools and other effective high school reform strategies in Oregon,” says Michael Dalton, Assistant to the Dean for Program and Research Development, and principal investigator for this project.
“The project is an exciting opportunity to explore how innovation can happen in schools today,” says Dean Sam Stern.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation focuses its support in two areas: helping high schools increase the number of students who graduate from high school prepared for work, higher education, and citizenship; and reducing financial barriers to education. The foundation supports high school reform and the creation of small high schools throughout the United States.
E3 brings communities and schools together with the help of employers to prepare all Oregon children for success in school, career, and life. Providing tools, resources, and support, it helps communities focus on key academic challenges and engages business and community members in reaching and celebrating common goals. E3 tailors the work to address each community’s specific needs and then uses these communities as models by sharing lessons learned.
