MUNCIE, Ind. - A new $500 scholarship for Ball State University students studying in London has been provided by a retired professor and his wife.Wallace Draper, emeritus professor of Secondary, Higher and Foundations of Education, and his wife, Nancy, created the annual gift for students of Ball State’s London Centre Study Abroad Program.

Criteria for selection include education majors who are members of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honorary society of education.

The Wallace and Nancy Draper London Centre Director’s Scholarship will be awarded each spring, starting in 2000.

Last spring, Wallace Draper was the faculty director for Ball State’s London Centre and Nancy Draper taught there.

"We wish to thank the Drapers for their generous gift which will enable deserving students to participate in the wonderful learning adventure that our London Centre Program provides," said Jim Coffin, director of the Center for International Programs.

Each semester approximately 35 students take core and liberal arts courses in London for Ball State credits. The directorship of the program is rotated among faculty members who also teach courses while there.

By Nancy Prater, Web Editor

(NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information, contact Coffin by e-mail at jcoffin@bsu.edu or by phone (765) 285-5422.)