Widener University has received a
$38,000 grant from the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation to provide scholarships
in the 2013-14 academic year for mature women students. Through these
scholarships, the foundation aims to mitigate some of the financial needs of
women returning to school and facilitate their degree completion.
The university will award the
Newcombe Scholarships to women students 25 years of age or older who are
enrolled full- or part-time in baccalaureate degree programs and have completed
half the credits required for the degree. Recipients must demonstrate a
financial need.
Widener was selected to participate
in the Newcombe Scholarship program because of its welcoming and supportive
academic and personal counseling services for mature women students.
With this most
recent award, grants to Widener from the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation since
1981 now total $785,500. The scholarships have helped a diverse group of women,
many of whom are raising a family, return to college to earn a degree and
pursue their career aspirations.
To apply for
the Newcombe Scholarship, please contact Nikki Ritterbeck at 610-499-4282
by August 1.
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