A fund in honor of Dr. Roderic Duchemin a professor in the Department of Higher Education for thirty years.  He developed several courses now taught in the curriculum and served as major professor and dissertation chair for many doctoral students.

Requirements;

1. Meet the minimum entrance and continuing academic performance standards of the College of Education in effect at the time of any award;
2. Must enroll in six or more graduate semester hours;
3. Enroll as a student in the College of Education Department  of Counseling, Development and Higher Education at the University; in the event no applicant possesses this characteristic, then students enrolling full-time in the College of Education at the University will be eligible for consideration;
4. Maintain a 3.0 GPA.