To set up a scholarship in memory of the late Dr. Helen Ellison, former Associate Vice President for Student Affairs. Dr. Ellison served the university for 23 years before retiring in August 2011. She mentored hundreds of graduate students and higher education professionals as the coordinator of the Student Affairs and Higher education Program in the College of Education. She was a major force behind the creation of the Master of Science in Higher Education Administration at Florida International University. She was also a founding faculty in that program.