FAU Receives Nearly $1 Million from Johnson Scholarship Foundation
The Johnson Scholarship Foundation recently awarded Florida Atlantic University $943,000 for student scholarships and support services for first-generation transfer 啵啵直播秀.
The Johnson Scholarship Foundation awarded Florida Atlantic University $943,000 for student scholarships and support services for first-generation transfer 啵啵直播秀. When combined with state and private matching funds, the gift will have a total scholarship impact of $3.3 million over four years and provide opportunities for several hundred 啵啵直播秀.
聽鈥淲e are grateful to the Johnson Scholarship Foundation for recognizing FAU鈥檚 efforts to expand opportunities for the more than 1,000 first-generation 啵啵直播秀 admitted each year,鈥 said FAU President John Kelly. 鈥淭his generous gift will support our ongoing work to meet the unique needs of first-gen transfer 啵啵直播秀, and we look forward to welcoming the first cohort of Johnson Transfer Scholars in fall 2022.鈥
聽The Johnson Transfer Scholars 啵啵直播秀 (JTSP) at FAU aims to improve the retention, matriculation, graduation and career readiness of first-generation transfer 啵啵直播秀. Through the JTSP, 啵啵直播秀 will receive wrap-around support and career services to address degree attainment and career readiness. Transfer 啵啵直播秀 will be immersed in a culture of first-generation specific community-based programming, high-touch academic and success coaching, along with targeted career readiness programs that will increase their overall employability upon graduation.
鈥淲e at Johnson Scholarship Foundation believe it鈥檚 important not only to open the doors to education, but to provide the support necessary for 啵啵直播秀 to graduate and become successful in the workforce,鈥 said Robert A. Krause, CEO of Johnson Scholarship Foundation. 鈥淭he Johnson Transfer Scholars 啵啵直播秀 contains all the elements to nurture the 啵啵直播秀 to that success, and we鈥檙e proud to partner with FAU on this program.鈥
The Johnson Scholarship Foundation has long invested in student success. Prior to this grant, it provided FAU a grant to support the Office of First-Generation Student Success, as well as scholarships for 啵啵直播秀 with disabilities. In 2020, it provided funding for student laptops in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FAU is one of the nation鈥檚 most diverse public universities with 55 percent of its 啵啵直播秀 coming from minority groups. More than 40 percent of FAU 啵啵直播秀 are low income, Pell Grant eligible. FAU is ranked among U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Top 40 universities nationwide for social mobility.
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