The South Carolina Federation of Museums is proud to offer the George D. Terry Professional Development Fellowship annually to the members of SCFM. This fellowship will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will be given to support professional development in the museum field.

At the beginning of the calendar year, the Executive Board of the Federation will designate a sum of money to support members who would like to attend workshops, talks or classes that they would other wise be unable to attend because of lack of funding. The idea is to support the smaller scale educational opportunities rather than major conferences or travel.

People interested in taking advantage of this opportunity must send the following information to the immediate past president who handles awards.

• A copy of the flyer or brochure announcing the event that you would like to attend.
• A letter explaining how this professional development opportunity would benefit you and your institution.
• A letter from your supervisor indicating his/her support of your attendance.
• An outline of the funds necessary to make your attendance possible.

The awards committee will consider each application and reply in a timely manner. Requests should be under $100. Fellowships will be available until the yearly allocation is dispersed. Only one fellowship will be awarded per year to any given institution or person.

Each person awarded a fellowship will be asked to share his/her experience with the membership through a brief report that will be printed in a future issue of Good Muse.

Please send all requests to:
Jill Koverman
Curator of Collections
McKissick Museum
University of South Carolina
816 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29208
koverman@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-3708
(803) 777-2829 fax

About George D. Terry

Dr. Terry held BA, MA, and PhD degrees in history from the University of South Carolina.  He served as the first Curator of History and then Director of the University’s McKissick Museum from 1976 -1988 and was a Vice President for Administration at USC as well as head of the museum from 1988 to 1991.  Upon becoming Dean of University Libraries he managed the Division of Libraries and Collections bringing together the libraries, Museum and Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology with a focus on collections and public service.

A dedicated believer in the importance of collections to both museums and libraries, his tenure resulted in the dramatic growth of the Special Collections Department at Thomas Cooper Library and McKissick Museum’s Folklife holdings.  Dr. Terry shared his knowledge and passion for museums with the thousands of graduate students he taught over the years in the Museum Management Program at USC. A supporter of SCFM, he served in several capacities including president.