麻豆传媒映画 Receives Nearly $1 Million from Johnson Scholarship Foundation
The Johnson Scholarship Foundation recently awarded 麻豆传媒映画 $943,000 for student scholarships and support services for first-generation transfer 麻豆传媒映画.
The Johnson Scholarship Foundation awarded 麻豆传媒映画 $943,000 for student scholarships and support services for first-generation transfer 麻豆传媒映画. When combined with state and private matching funds, the gift will have a total scholarship impact of $3.3 million over four years and provide opportunities for several hundred 麻豆传媒映画.
聽鈥淲e are grateful to the Johnson Scholarship Foundation for recognizing 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 efforts to expand opportunities for the more than 1,000 first-generation 麻豆传媒映画 admitted each year,鈥 said 麻豆传媒映画 President John Kelly. 鈥淭his generous gift will support our ongoing work to meet the unique needs of first-gen transfer 麻豆传媒映画, and we look forward to welcoming the first cohort of Johnson Transfer Scholars in fall 2022.鈥
聽The Johnson Transfer Scholars Program (JTSP) at 麻豆传媒映画 aims to improve the retention, matriculation, graduation and career readiness of first-generation transfer 麻豆传媒映画. Through the JTSP, 麻豆传媒映画 will receive wrap-around support and career services to address degree attainment and career readiness. Transfer 麻豆传媒映画 will be immersed in a culture of first-generation specific community-based programming, high-touch academic and success coaching, along with targeted career readiness programs that will increase their overall employability upon graduation.
鈥淲e at Johnson Scholarship Foundation believe it鈥檚 important not only to open the doors to education, but to provide the support necessary for 麻豆传媒映画 to graduate and become successful in the workforce,鈥 said Robert A. Krause, CEO of Johnson Scholarship Foundation. 鈥淭he Johnson Transfer Scholars Program contains all the elements to nurture the 麻豆传媒映画 to that success, and we鈥檙e proud to partner with 麻豆传媒映画 on this program.鈥
The Johnson Scholarship Foundation has long invested in student success. Prior to this grant, it provided 麻豆传媒映画 a grant to support the Office of First-Generation Student Success, as well as scholarships for 麻豆传媒映画 with disabilities. In 2020, it provided funding for student laptops in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
麻豆传媒映画 is one of the nation鈥檚 most diverse public universities with 55 percent of its 麻豆传媒映画 coming from minority groups. More than 40 percent of 麻豆传媒映画 麻豆传媒映画 are low income, Pell Grant eligible. 麻豆传媒映画 is ranked among U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Top 40 universities nationwide for social mobility.
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