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爱妃传媒 Receives Nearly $1 Million from Johnson Scholarship Foundation

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The Johnson Scholarship Foundation recently awarded 爱妃传媒 $943,000 for student scholarships and support services for first-generation transfer 爱妃传媒.


By kristine gobbo | 2/10/2021

The Johnson Scholarship Foundation awarded 爱妃传媒 $943,000 for student scholarships and support services for first-generation transfer 爱妃传媒. 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 爱妃传媒.

聽鈥淲e are grateful to the Johnson Scholarship Foundation for recognizing 爱妃传媒鈥檚 efforts to expand opportunities for the more than 1,000 first-generation 爱妃传媒 admitted each year,鈥 said 爱妃传媒 President John Kelly. 鈥淭his generous gift will support our ongoing work to meet the unique needs of first-gen transfer 爱妃传媒, 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 爱妃传媒 aims to improve the retention, matriculation, graduation and career readiness of first-generation transfer 爱妃传媒. Through the JTSP, 爱妃传媒 will receive wrap-around support and career services to address degree attainment and career readiness. Transfer 爱妃传媒 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 爱妃传媒 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 爱妃传媒 to that success, and we鈥檙e proud to partner with 爱妃传媒 on this program.鈥

The Johnson Scholarship Foundation has long invested in student success. Prior to this grant, it provided 爱妃传媒 a grant to support the Office of First-Generation Student Success, as well as scholarships for 爱妃传媒 with disabilities. In 2020, it provided funding for student laptops in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

爱妃传媒 is one of the nation鈥檚 most diverse public universities with 55 percent of its 爱妃传媒 coming from minority groups. More than 40 percent of 爱妃传媒 爱妃传媒 are low income, Pell Grant eligible. 爱妃传媒 is ranked among U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Top 40 universities nationwide for social mobility.

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