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PLANning FOR THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE
A growing endowment is essential for sustaining the impact of new buildings and programs 展望未来.
The university’s endowment, funded primarily through deferred (planned) gift commitments, provides ongoing support for students, faculty, academic programs and the university’s 财政健康.
Bluffton’s endowment currently includes more than 370 endowed student scholarship funds, three endowed faculty chairs, several funds for faculty research and student discovery, and funds established to provide operating support for buildings and the overall educational mission and program.
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卡尔五世. Schultz ’40, who is remembered through the Bluffton University Schultz
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Schultz 发现基金 provide grants for both faculty and student research >
教师 scholarship grants
The university now has available three endowed faculty scholarship grants, each providing one six-credit-hour release over a two-year period. These grants are made possible by generous gifts by the Trollinger, Karl V. Schultz and Naomi E. 雷曼兄弟的家庭.
Schultz faculty grant
Dr. Christopher Morrissey, assistant professor of sociology, was awarded the Karl Schultz 教师 Scholarship 补助金为2022-24年. He is working on his next book project on the call to “love one’s neighbor” using the tools of sociology.
Lehman faculty grant
Dr. 玛蒂娜Cucchiara, associate professor of history, was awarded the Naomi E. Lehman 教师 Scholarship
补助金为2020- 2022年. She is finishing her book “Bitter Times: Catholic Sisters in Hitler’s
Germany, 1933-1945.”
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Trollinger faculty grant
The Trollinger 教师 Scholarship Grant was awarded to Dr. 艾米·马林斯, assistant professor of education for 2018-20. She developed an online literacy resource
for older students.
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Endowed scholarships
Named endowed scholarships, established by alumni, emeriti and others, are a vital
part of every Bluffton student’s financial 援助 package. As of 2023, there are 370
named endowed scholarships that together provide up to $470,000 annually in non-repayable
援助.
ESTABLISH A NAMED ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
The minimum required to establish a fully funded endowed scholarship is $25,000. 额外的 contributions from the original donor, 朋友 and family are welcomed.
To establish a scholarship, donors must make an initial gift of $5,000 or more, and make a written commitment to fund the balance within four years. The scholarship will not be recognized publicly until fully funded, with the first scholarship presented 18个月后.
捐助者 are welcome to establish preferences for what type of student, major or hometown receive their scholarship, with the university making the final determination. 为 instance, the Dale and Carolyn Dickey Memorial Scholarship provides “an annual scholarship for qualified students, as deemed most appropriate by Bluffton. Preference will be given to students studying communication, religion or with an interest in ministry.”
If the scholarship is not fully funded, gifts will be added to an unnamed scholarship 捐赠基金.
为 more information about establishing a named endowed scholarship, contact Julia Szabo, development associate, at szaboj@沙巴体育.edu or 419-358-3245.