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Missouri Baptist University
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For Immediate Release
RE: A.G. Edwards Awards $20,000 Grant to the Missouri Colleges Fund
A.G. Edwards Awards $20,000 Grant to the Missouri Colleges Fund
June 23, 2006
Citing a desire to invest in education in the State of Missouri, A.G. Edwards recently provided a grant of $20,000 to the Missouri Colleges Fund (MCF).
The grant will underwrite 16/$1,250 student scholarships at the 13 MCF member schools. 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 13 member private liberal-arts colleges and universities.
Along with MBU, Missouri Colleges Fund member schools include: Avila University, Kansas City; Central Methodist University, Fayette; Culver-Stockton College, Canton; Drury University, Springfield; Evangel University, Springfield; Fontbonne University, St. Louis; Maryville University, St. Louis; Park University, Parkville; Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar; 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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