Monday, May 13, 2013

SBU students to benefit from MCF grants

Southwest Baptist University News Release
Contact: Charlotte Marsch, Director of Marketing and Communications
417-328-1803/cmarsch@sbuniv.edu

SBU students to benefit from MCF grants

BOLIVAR, Mo. – Southwest Baptist University will benefit from three recent grants to the Missouri Colleges Fund (MCF) from H&R Block Bank and H&R Block Foundation, The Steward Family Foundation and The World Wide Technology Foundation, as well as Wells Fargo Advisors.

The $10,000 grant from H&R Block Bank and H&R Block Foundation will underwrite need-based scholarships at each of the 16 MCF member schools.

The $10,000 grant from Steward Family Foundation and The World Wide Technology Foundation will underwrite STEM scholarships at each of the 16 MCF member schools.

The $25,500 grant from Wells Fargo Advisors will underwrite need-based scholarships awarded to students majoring in business-related fields including: accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing and others, at each of the 16 MCF member schools.

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.

The MCF was incorporated in 1952 as a partnership of private enterprise and the member independent colleges and universities in the Show-Me State. The Fund is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt corporation; therefore, all contributions to the Fund are tax-deductible up to the limits prescribed by the law.
More information about MCF can be found online at www.mocollegesfund.org.


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