Professor Emerita and founder of the Center for School Personnel Relations, Dr. Pat Eva Crisci retired as an active faculty member of Kent State University in January 1993. Since that time, she has been teaching, advising students, serving on dissertation committees and providing other services to the University. In lieu of remuneration for her services, Dr. Crisci has requested that funds be set aside for a scholarship award for a student in educational administration.
After holding several administrative positions within the public school system in Ohio, Dr. Crisci was appointed assistant superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Ohio. In 1979, she joined the faculty in the Department of Educational Administration at Kent as the first female member of the department. Other firsts in Dr. Crisci's career include being the first woman appointed to a superintendency in an Ohio city school district and the first female inducted into the Kent State University chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. While at Kent, Dr. Crisci was instrumental in generating more than two million dollars in grants, contracts, and other contributions to support the work of the center she established.
Dr. Crisci has received numerous awards, including one from the Kent Alumni Association, and the President's Medal from Dr. Carol A. Cartwright for being "an extraordinary teacher, mentor and scholar in the field of educational administration."
Pat Eva Crisci Scholarship Award
The Pat Eva Crisci Scholarship Award is awarded annually to a doctoral student studying educational administration. Applicants must be current students completing their last semester of coursework or be working on the dissertation.
The recipient will receive an individual plaque, and the recipient's name will be added to a display plaque located prominently within the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies. The student also will receive a scholarship in an amount to be determined by faculty members in the Educational Administration program. The scholarship will be based on the availability of funds. In the spring semester, all doctoral students in the Educational Administration program will be mailed a letter identifying the information to be submitted. Letters of application and student portfolios should be submitted by August 1 to 404 White Hall, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242-0001. Questions may be directed to the Educational Administration program coordinator at (330) 672-2580.
The committee reviewing the applicants will be composed of the following:
- a former student who is currently employed in a higher education faculty or administrative position
- a former student who is currently employed in a K-12 faculty or administrative position
- a former student recipient of the award, if possible
- two or three faculty of the Educational Administration program, depending on the availability of faculty members.
Criteria used in the selection process will include the following:
- the intent to seek a position as a professor upon graduation
- academic preparation for the professoriate (e.g., advanced courses, course concentration, internship in college teaching)
- record of publication, research and scholarship
- national conference attendance and participation
- grant writing
- prior higher education teaching and service
- potential to achieve excellence and prominence as a professor
