Graduate Student Organization Donates $5,000 to Scholarship

Released: 3/14/05

The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) of the Counseling and Educational Psychology (COEP) department has a new scholarship at Marquette through an initial $5,000 contribution to the university.  Once fully endowed, the Graduate Student Organization Diversity Scholarship will award funds to graduate students in the COEP program whose roots are African American, Hispanic, Asian or American Indian/Alaskan and who show motivation, character, and the initiative to enhance climates for diversity.  The Department will select recipients based on essays submitted by applicants in response to questions that will be provided annually by the GSO.

 

“This generous and uncommon donation by a student organization demonstrates the commitment that Marquette School of Education students have to issues of social justice,” Bill Henk, Dean of the School of Education, said.  “These students wanted to address the issue of diversity in their field and at Marquette , and so they set out to act in a socially just way themselves and, in effect, Be The Difference .”

 

The $5,000 gift forms the principal of an endowed fund that will reward scholarship dollars once it reaches at least $25,000.  The GSO intends to raise the remainder through fundraising events such as their annual Diversity Gala and by appealing to alumni of the Counseling and Educational Psychology program.

 

If you would like to support the GSO's efforts to fully endow this scholarship, click here.