Reports

November 2006

The Wisherd Committee recommended and the Board approved:

From the research-scholarly activity area two awards:

 1. An award for $1,000 to Dean Hazel Anthony and her associates to print and distribute their historical work, “The Home Economics Legacy Project,” on contributions of the UNL Home Economics College faculty over the history of the College.  This project has received previous Wisherd support to collect and sort data and is now assembling the results to be deposited in the UNL Library, the E & HS College Dean’s and Placement Offices and other useful places.

 2. An award of $300 dollars for Professor Earl Barnawell’s research proposal to forward research into the pituitary which will be useful in itself and will encourage others to take up work needed in the area.

 From the Health Support area two awards:

 1. $1000 toward unreimbursed costs exceeding $6,OOO to an individual.

 2.  $1000 toward meeting unreimbursed  costs exceeding $3300 to another individual..

 These are all the applications we received.  Between this year’s returns and accumulated assets, the Wisherd fund could cover these easily and have 7 or 8 times the expended amount left over.

 Respectfully Submitted,
Jim McShane, Chair

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January 2006

During the calendar year of 2005, the Maude Wisherd Fund committee received four requests, three of them were for financial assistance and one of them was for a scholarly activity grant. The requests for financial support totaled $4000.

From those requests the committee funded three requests for financial assistance for a total of $3000 and funded one request for scholarly activity for a total of $1000. The total distributed by the committee was $4000 or 100% of the requests and 12.1% of the $32,923.61 of the December 1, 2005, spendable earnings. 

Robert G Fuller, Chair

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October 2005

After review of proposals in August 2005, the Maude E. Wisherd Committee recommended and the Board approved funding of four proposals for support from the Wisherd Fund. Three individuals were awarded $1000 each for  assistance with health care costs. In addition, one proposal for support of costs associated with a research/scholarly project was funded in the amount of $1000.  A total of $4000 was awarded from the Maude E. Wisherd Fund during 2005. The next call for proposals is scheduled for the summer of 2006.