Donors are inspired to set up scholarships by many different people. Sometimes it’s a favorite professor, or someone who helped them along the way or a classmate who had a big impact on them. For Sandy Streberger and her sister Nancy Dodge, it was Dora Mae Rawls, their family housekeeper. …
The Support Our Scholars crowdfunding push is nearing its end, but we need a few more donations to help us meet our goal of $15,000 — funds that go directly to students in need. Maybe you want to know the impact your gift will have on students before you give. …
University of Detroit Mercy has launched a crowdfunding initiative titled Support Our Scholars, which raises funds for the expendable scholarships at the University. This fund assists students who are struggling to fulfill basic needs and help them remain in college given unforeseen life circumstances they may experience. This critical fundraising …
Ninety-seven percent of Detroit Mercy undergrad students receive some form of financial aid. Much of that comes in the form of scholarships made possible by donors. As we begin our Support our Scholars crowdfunding program (it runs through March 5) we thought you’d like to read about the impact scholarships …
Derrick Kuzak ’73, ’74, ’76, did not know exactly how his life would be transformed when he enrolled in the University of Detroit. But he now knows he can help transform the lives of others by helping them along a path to success that begins with a Detroit Mercy education. …
Every year, the Fr. Vincent Welch Memorial Dinner raises funds for scholarships for students of University of Detroit Mercy and Loyola High School. On Tuesday, Artona Millhouse ’16 told a large crowd the difference the scholarship she received to attend Detroit Mercy has made in her life. We excerpted it here because we thought it …
Engineering students at University of Detroit Mercy will benefit from one of the largest gifts ever given to the University by an alumnus. Bernard A. Schlaff, who died in 2015 at the age of 95, left $3 million to the University in his will to establish an endowed scholarship for …
Support for scholarships within the College of Engineering & Science is strong, as evidenced in three recent gifts that will support students today and into the future. Alumnus Bernard Schlaff ’44, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering and worked at Lockheed Missiles & Space Company and the Ames …
Three College of Health Professions undergraduate students received $4,000 scholarships for this year thanks to a grant from Metro Health Foundation. CHP Dean Christine Pacini ’70, ’74 hosted an event for Metro Health Foundation representatives Theresa Sondys, senior program officer, and Dr. Judy Bean, board member, to meet the 2016-17 scholarship recipients …
