WUSTL Announces Need-Based Scholarship for Local Students
Date Posted: July 15, 2016
Posted In: Workforce,
From The St. Louis American: Washington University in St. Louis has announced a major new scholarship initiative that will support low-income and first-generation students from the St. Louis region.
The College Prep Scholarship will provide a Washington University undergraduate education to graduates of its College Prep Program, a competitive, multiyear program that prepares high-achieving, low-income local students for college.
The scholarship supports two of the university’s top priorities — to make it a more diverse and welcoming campus, and to improve K-12 education in the St. Louis community.
“I am delighted that Washington University is in the position – thanks to many generous donors who believe in the power of education to change lives – to offer these scholarships to first-generation St. Louis students who show great promise to succeed at Washington University, and then go on to improve the St. Louis region and, ultimately, the world,” Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton said.
“We never know where the next great doctor, scientist, writer, engineer, business leader or artist will come from, but we have great confidence that there are many such young people right here in our midst.”
Leah Merrifield, associate vice chancellor for community engagement and St. Louis college readiness initiatives, announced the need-based scholarship at the closing dinner and reception for the 25 members of the program’s first cohort. Admitted in 2013 as rising high school sophomores, these students have spent the past three summers on campus living and learning.