The Caryl and John Jobe Mathematics Graduate Student Fellowship

Introduction

Dr. John Jobe received his Ph. D. in 1966 from Oklahoma State University in point-set topology under the direction of Dr. O. H. Hamilton. Dr. Jobe then embarked on a career of dedicated and outstanding service to the Department of Mathematics at Oklahoma State University until his retirement in spring 1994. During this time Dr. Jobe served as Director of the Graduate Program from 1982 to 1987 and Chairman of the OSU Faculty Council from 1979 to 1980. Dr. Jobe was very active in the Mathematical Association of America, serving as Governor from 1975 to 1978, and Secretary-Treasurer from 1978 to 1991, for the Oklahoma-Arkansas Section. Throughout his career at OSU, Dr. Jobe was known, both on and off campus, for his energy and commitment to students at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has received awards recognizing his teaching at the undergraduate level and his educational out-reach efforts, and he has directed a number of graduate students in their thesis work at the Masteršs and Doctoral levels.

Caryl Jobe is also an educator of equal energy and commitment. Caryl Jobe retired from teaching 5th grade at Westwood Elementary School in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1993. During her teaching career she has received recognition for her teaching excellence, both in the community and from the state of Oklahoma. In 1991, Caryl Jobe received the prestigious Presidential Distinguished Teacher award. Additionally, she has been acknowledged by former students as the teacher most responsible for their success.

This Fellowship is an example of continuing dedication by Caryl and John Jobe to the improvement of teaching and the fostering of academic scholarship. Together, John and Caryl Jobe have made this Fellowship possible through personal financial contributions for their work towards improving teaching by first year graduate students in the OSU Mathematics Department.

The purpose of the Jobe Fellowship is to assist the annual recruitment of an outstanding new graduate student in mathematics at OSU. It will be bestowed on one student each year who has recently graduated from some college or university in the United States with a Bachelor's Degree with a major in mathematics and who has applied for admission to the graduate program in mathematics at OSU.

Criteria

The award is open to all students who have recently graduated from some college or university in the United States with a Bacheloršs Degree with a major in mathematics and who have applied for admission to the graduate program in mathematics at OSU. Recipients of the Jobe Fellowship will be chosen by the Department of Mathematics Graduate Committee in the spring on the basis of their undergraduate academic credentials and other supporting evidence which shows their outstanding potential for academic success in mathematics at the graduate level.

The Award

The Jobe Fellowship carries a stipend to be determined at point of review. The Jobe Fellowship stipend will be added to the best stipend that OSU and the Department of Mathematics can offer to the awardee. The recipient of the Jobe Fellowship will be called the Jobe Fellow for that year and will have his/her name added to the Jobe Fellowship Plaque.

Selection Process

As the Graduate Committee reviews applicants for admission to graduate study in mathematics at OSU each spring, it will identify and recommend one applicant as the most outstanding applicant for the Jobe Fellowship. This recommendation will be made to the Department Head who will have final approval of the recipient of the award. The Department Head or the Director of the Graduate Program will inform the recipient of his/her selection. If the recipient should decline, then a worthy alternate for the Jobe Fellowship should be identified and recommended for the award. In the event that there is no qualified Jobe Fellow in a given year (it is expected that this would be a rare occurrence), there could be two Jobe Fellows the following year.

Requirements

  1. Candidates must be recently graduated from some college or university in the United States with a Bacheloršs Degree with a major in mathematics.
  2. Candidates should have an outstanding undergraduate academic record in mathematics and show their outstanding potential for academic success in mathematics at the graduate level.
  3. The amount of the award will be added to the graduate stipend that OSU and the Department of Mathematics offers to the candidate.
  4. Candidates must begin their graduate work in mathematics at OSU and must successfully complete a full year of graduate work in mathematics at OSU to receive the full stipend of the Jobe Fellowship.