Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Bryn Mawr College, a women’s liberal arts educational institution in Pennsylvania, received a $10 million gift from trustee emeritus and alumna Jacqueline Badger Mars to support undergraduate student scholarships. Mars, the owner and operator of Stonehall Farm and a former executive at Mars Inc., has named her gift in honor of former Bryn Mawr President Kim Cassidy, who made affordability for students across the economic spectrum a defining priority of her tenure.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has invested more than $1.7 million in 43 colleges and universities throughout the state to help combat sexual assault through education and awareness, and empower survivors through the It’s On Us PA program. The funding will support various initiatives across the participating institutions, including educational programming, resources for survivors, campus-wide awareness strategies, and self-defense classes. A list of colleges and universities that received grants can be viewed here.
Barnard College, a women’s liberal arts educational institution in New York City, received a $9.5 million gift from the late Hilma O. Carter, a 1945 Barnard alumna. A longtime high school teacher, Carter was an avid supporter of her alma mater. Her final donation, which is one of the largest bequests in Barnard’s history, will go towards the Hilma Ollila Carter and Benny Carter Scholarship Fund, which she endowed in 2012.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte received a $250,000 gift from The David & Nicole Tepper Foundation to support Let Me Play, an initiative that focuses on advancing the university’s women’s athletics programs. The new funds will support the well-being, training environments, leadership development, and continued competitiveness of Charlotte Athletics’ more than 230 women student-athletes across multiple varsity programs.