Southwest Baptist University News Release
Contact: Sharina Smith, Office of Marketing & Communications
SBU to Benefit from TEVA Neuroscience Grant
BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist University will benefit from a recent $5,000 grant to the Missouri Colleges Fund (MCF) from TEVA Neuroscience, which will underwrite student scholarships at each of the 16 MCF member schools including SBU. These scholarships will be awarded by the member schools on the basis of financial need.
The MCF was formed in 1952 as a non-profit corporation. The MCF Mission is to acquire resources to help educate students in its 16 member private liberal-arts colleges and universities.
Missouri Colleges Fund member schools include Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar; Avila University, Kansas City; Central Methodist University, Fayette; Columbia College, Columbia; Culver-Stockton College, Canton; Drury University, Springfield; Evangel University, Springfield; Fontbonne University, St. Louis; Hannibal – LaGrange University, Hannibal; Maryville University, St. Louis; Missouri Baptist University, St. Louis; Park University, Parkville; Rockhurst University, Kansas City; Westminster College, Fulton; William Jewell College, Liberty; and William Woods University, Fulton.
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.
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