Dr. Kathy Brittain White of Dublin, Ohio, has provided a major gift to Arkansas State University that will endow the first fellowship in the university’s College of Business.

Beginning this fall, the Kathy Brittain White Fellowship in Management Information Systems will be in place, according to Dr. Jan Duggar, College of Business dean.

"Kathy White is making a difference by strengthening our faculty, which, in turn, affects the quality of our students and their educations," he said. "Her gift will help us to attract and retain exceptional faculty to this institution."

The fellowship will be competitively awarded before the Fall 2002 semester, Duggar noted. He said tenured or tenure-track faculty with strengths in database management information systems or network administration whose scholarly accomplishments will advance the reputation of the College of Business will be considered. He also said the fellowship will be up for renewal every three years.

A native of Oxford (Izard County), White received her bachelor’s and two master’s degrees at Arkansas State. She also earned her doctoral degree from Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis.

She serves as executive vice president and chief information officer of Cardinal Healthcare, Inc. of Dublin, Ohio, one of the nation’s leading providers of products and services supporting the health care industry.

White said she was pleased to make the gift, and believes that the fellowship is one way she can assist in extending the outreach of Arkansas State University and the College of Business.

"If the gift can provide for additional training or hiring of professors in the field, I think it is very important," she said. "Learning is so enhanced with an enthusiastic, knowledgeable professor. There is a shortage of Management Information Systems professors, so I’m hopeful this will assist in attracting and/or training those professors."

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Dr. Kathy White (right) of Dublin, Ohio, presents a check to establish the Kathy Brittain White Fellowship in Management Information Systems at Arkansas State University. Accepting the gift are (from left) Steve Owens, vice president for University Advancement; Dr. Jan Duggar, dean of the College of Business; and Dr. John Seydel, chairman of the Department of Economics and Decision Sciences in the College of Business.

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