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新澳门六合彩投注 Receives Nearly $1 Million from Johnson Scholarship Foundation

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The Johnson Scholarship Foundation recently awarded 新澳门六合彩投注 $943,000 for student scholarships and support services for first-generation transfer students.


By kristine gobbo | 2/10/2021

The Johnson Scholarship Foundation awarded 新澳门六合彩投注 $943,000 for student scholarships and support services for first-generation transfer students. 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 students.

聽鈥淲e are grateful to the Johnson Scholarship Foundation for recognizing 新澳门六合彩投注鈥檚 efforts to expand opportunities for the more than 1,000 first-generation students admitted each year,鈥 said 新澳门六合彩投注 President John Kelly. 鈥淭his generous gift will support our ongoing work to meet the unique needs of first-gen transfer students, 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 新澳门六合彩投注 aims to improve the retention, matriculation, graduation and career readiness of first-generation transfer students. Through the JTSP, students will receive wrap-around support and career services to address degree attainment and career readiness. Transfer students 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 students 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 students to that success, and we鈥檙e proud to partner with 新澳门六合彩投注 on this program.鈥

The Johnson Scholarship Foundation has long invested in student success. Prior to this grant, it provided 新澳门六合彩投注 a grant to support the Office of First-Generation Student Success, as well as scholarships for students with disabilities. In 2020, it provided funding for student laptops in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

新澳门六合彩投注 is one of the nation鈥檚 most diverse public universities with 55 percent of its students coming from minority groups. More than 40 percent of 新澳门六合彩投注 students are low income, Pell Grant eligible. 新澳门六合彩投注 is ranked among U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Top 40 universities nationwide for social mobility.

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