Qualified Young Men

GO FORTH FOR

OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL QUALIFIED YOUNG MEN

Go Forth strengthened financial assistance to preserve student diversity and an unwavering commitment to affordable education in the Jesuit tradition. The campaign provides a new level of scholarship assistance to ensure a SLUH education remains accessible to all qualified young men, regardless of economic circumstances.

CAMPAIGN ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Growing the endowment for financial aid by more than 100% to preserve need-blind admission. • Meeting 100% of demonstrated need from students (currently more than $4 million per year). • Strengthening the endowed scholarship program which now funds more than 85% of need-based aid. • Starting the Francis Scholars program, which provides extra support, beyond tuition, for families most in need.

The Go Forth campaign launched Presidential Scholarships, which are funded at $1 million and publicly recognize SLUH scholars of distinction. The St. Louis Scholarship was one of the Presidential Scholarships established as part of Go Forth to provide the equivalent of three full tuitions annually.

Learn more about St. Louis Scholars WITTMANN JARBOE FAMILY CREATES SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF BELOVED TEACHER

“Our son, Luke, is a current sophomore at SLUH and we have been so grateful for the gift of the SLUH community for our son. We are especially appreciative of the talented SLUH faculty and staff who have accompanied Luke in his educational journey. It would be our desire that any boy in St. Louis could learn from and with the amazing educators at SLUH.

"We decided to create a scholarship in honor of Mr. Stephen Deves who taught our son’s Algebra 1 class during his freshman year. We have been inspired by Stephen's joyful spirit, his kindness and generosity, and his deep commitment to forming Men for Others. We see in Stephen the qualities that are uplifted and celebrated at SLUH, and we are honored to support the opportunity for more boys to learn from Stephen and all of our outstanding faculty and staff through the creation of this scholarship.”

– AIMEE WITTMAN & SCOTT JARBOE

STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID (%)

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Currently, the average annual award is more than $10,000 per student.

FINANCIAL AID ($)

$5,000,000

$4,000,000

$3,000,000

$2,000,000

$1,000,000

$0

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ENDOWMENT (navy blue), DEBT (gray) AND NET ENDOWMENT (spirit blue)

SLUH has made great strides to manage its operating budget and improve annual fundraising efforts to underwrite financial aid, thus preserving the endowment corpus, while simultaneously paying down debt (primarily acquired in the 1990s). No debt has been assumed in the past decade. The net result is a notably increased net endowment. Even still, an average annual draw of 5% on the net endowment equates to only about $1600 per student.

$80,000,000

$60,000,000

$40,000,000

$20,000,000

$0

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EMNETTS CREATE PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP

“Whatever success I have had in life, I attribute to two sources. First are the common sense, appreciation of education, and personal responsibility values instilled by my parents. Very close behind that are the extremely high-level education, discipline, moral value reinforcement, and competitiveness fostered by my years at SLUH. The faculty really cared about the students and strove to foster our progress.

“After my freshman year, a work-study program covered half of my tuition. [The rest I earned with part-time jobs.] Without that SLUH program, I would have been unable to continue there. I fully support SLUH’s position that no student who can handle the curricula will be turned away due to finances.

“Since I have been fortunate to have the wherewithal to do so, I assist this policy as best I can. My education at SLUH is directly and specifically responsible for my receiving a college scholarship. SLUH’s relatively new Presidential Scholarship program is an excellent way to help qualified students with financial need to take that next important educational step.”

– ROBERT (BOB) EMNETT, PHD ‘60

Dr. Bob ‘60 and Rosemary Emnett (pictured) created the Emnett Family Presidential Scholarship to assist young men to attend SLUH and to promote their ability to attend college. It was established in gratitude for the assistance Bob received as a student at SLUH. It also recognizes the excellent education and character development SLUH provided to Bob, his son Bob, Jr. ’85, nephew David Emnett, Jr. ’07 and nephew Benjamin Emnett ’11.