A $6.5 million gift from a retired business executive in Florida will allow Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to create scholarships for science and engineering students.
Robert Weissman learned about the school through a column in the New York Times written by Thomas Friedman. The best selling author had previously written about the school’s president, Shirley Ann [...]

The University of Georgia Arch Foundation has established a scholarship fund to help UGA students study in other countries in honor of university President Michael Adams and his wife, Mary, both strong proponents of international education.
The foundation created the fund in recognition of the 10-year anniversary of Michael Adams appointment as UGA president.

Two veteran San Antonio journalists are the namesakes for a new Trinity University scholarship fund, part of the university’s $200 million capital campaign.
The Kemper Diehl and James McCrory Scholarship Endowment fund honors the late political reporters, both of whom worked for the San Antonio Express-News and the defunct San Antonio Light. The fund will [...]