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Citi Foundation awards scholarships to Missouri Colleges Fund
October 8, 2008
Contact: Paul K. Logsdon, director of public relations and publications (417) 865-2815, ext. 7292
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Evangel University is one of 16 private liberal arts colleges and universities in Missouri that will benefit from the generosity of Citi Foundation, which recently provided a $50,000 scholarship grant to the Missouri Colleges Fund.
The grant will underwrite a $3,125 Citi Outstanding Teachers Scholarship at each of the 16 MCF member schools. The scholarships will be awarded by the member schools on the basis of financial need.
“Evangel University is grateful to be among the recipients of this generous gift to higher education,” said Dr. Robert H. Spence, president. “Many students would not be able to attend college without the assistance of scholarships, and we are indebted to the Citi Foundation for providing resources to educate the workforce of tomorrow.”
The MCF was formed in 1952 as a nonprofit corporation. Its mission is to acquire resources to help educate students at each of the private liberal arts colleges and universities that are MCF members.
Missouri Colleges Fund member schools include Avila University and Rockhurst University, Kansas City; Central Methodist University, Fayette; Columbia College, Columbia; Culver-Stockton College, Canton; Drury University and Evangel University, Springfield; Fontbonne University, Maryville University and Missouri Baptist University, St. Louis; Hannibal–LaGrange College, Hannibal; Park University, Parkville; Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar; Westminster College and William Woods University, Fulton; and William Jewell College, Liberty.
More information about the Missouri Colleges Fund can be found online at www.mocollegesfund.org or by calling Mike Backer, MCF president, at (573) 893-3818.