New Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The University of Delaware received a federal grant under the Violence Against Women Act to provide intimate partner violence counseling for university students. The university has contracted with Child Inc., a nonprofit organization, to hold group sessions on Wednesday evenings for eight weeks this semester. In addition, a licensed clinical social worker will be on campus 12 hours each week for individual counseling sessions.

Scripps College, the highly rated liberal arts institution for women in Claremont, California, received a $5.3 million pledge from Nancy Katayama, a 1977 graduate of the college and current member of the board of trustees. The pledge includes $1 million dollars for the addition of faculty offices for the Bette Cree Edward Humanities Building on the Scripps College campus. The pledge includes immediate donations and estate commitments.