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Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) has pledged a gift of $1 million to the University of Memphis as part of a statewide program of support to secondary and post-secondary institutions in Tennessee. The U of M’s gift will be used to support the University’s STEM program, in which University professors work with middle and high school teachers to make them more proficient in those areas and to help them interest students in pursuing those fields of study. Click hereto read more about it.
The Ciba Foundation has donated $200,000 to establish the Ciba Foundation Scholars Fund in Chemistry at the University of Memphis. The gift will fund scholarships to attract, educate, and retain top undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry. The Foundation also made a $50,000 gift toward purchasing equipment that will directly support undergraduate chemistry research. Click here to learn more! Retired U of M assistant professor Eunice B. Ordman has created a scholarship fund to increase diversity among early childhood and elementary education teachers. Through the $44,000 scholarship fund, Mrs. Ordman hopes to address the lack of successful male role models in the lives of too many young children in our community by attracting more men to teach in early childhood and elementary classrooms.Click hereto read more about this generous gift. |
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