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For Immediate Release
RE: Citi Foundation awards $102,000 scholarship grant to the Missouri Colleges Fund
Citi Foundation awards $102,000 scholarship grant to the Missouri Colleges Fund
October 5, 2007
Citing a desire to invest in education in the State of Missouri, the Citi Foundation recently provided a grant of $102,000 to the Missouri Colleges Fund (MCF).
The grant will underwrite 30 scholarships in the amount of $3,400 scholarships at the 15 MCF member schools, including Missouri Baptist University. These scholarships will be awarded by the member schools on the basis of financial need to students pursuing teaching careers.
“Missouri Baptist University is very grateful to the Citi Foundation and the Missouri Colleges Fund for this gift,” said Dr. Alton Lacey, MBU president. “This contribution recognizes the importance of education and the significant impact that an educated workforce has on Missouri’s economy.”
The MCF was formed in 1952 as a non-profit corporation. The MCF Mission is to acquire resources to help educate students in its 15 member private liberal-arts colleges and universities.
In addition to MBU, Missouri Colleges Fund member schools include Avila University in Kansas City; Central Methodist University, Fayette; Columbia College, Columbia; Culver-Stockton College, Canton; Drury University in Springfield; Evangel University in Springfield; Fontbonne University in St. Louis; Hannibal – LaGrange College in Hannibal; Maryville University; Park University, Parkville; Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar; Westminster College in Fulton; William Jewell College in Liberty; and William Woods University in Fulton.
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Missouri Baptist University is a premier Christian university in Saint Louis, offering graduate and undergraduate studies in over thirty specialized fields and nine degrees. MBU's education and fine arts programs are nationally known in addition to business, religion, administration of justice, and more. MBU is one of the fastest growing higher education institutions in Missouri with an enrollment of over 4,500 students at five locations in the bi-state region — West County, Lincoln County, Jefferson County, Franklin County and the new Illinois extension at Lewis and Clark Community College.
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