USF awarded $100,000 planning grant from Lilly Endowment
Bishop Luers High School student awarded Pay It Forward Scholarship to USF Maria Solis of Bishop Luers High School has been named the recipient of the 2019 University of Saint Francis Pay It Forward Scholarship. The full-tuition scholarship to USF is awarded annually to an incoming student who represents going above and beyond to serve others and “pay it forward.” Maria was selected after submitting an essay, reaching the finalists stage and being profiled in a feature video by WANE-TV. Maria was awarded the scholarship after Mass on Thursday, Dec. 12 at Bishop Luers. USF President Sister M. Elise Kriss, OSF, presented the award along with WANE’s Terra Brantley. The other finalists, Madison Schoeneman of Adams Central High School and Madison Smith of Edgerton (Ohio) High School, will receive half-tuition scholarships. More than 180 applicants submitted essays.
USF has been awarded a $100,000 planning grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant is part of Lilly Endowment’s new initiative, Charting the Future for Indiana’s Colleges and Universities (CTF). Lilly Endowment launched CTF with the hope that it will help the leaders of Indiana’s 38 colleges and universities engage in further thoughtful discernment about the future of their institutions and advance the speed of their strategic planning and implementation efforts to address their key challenges and opportunities. Lilly Endowment has allocated up to $108.2 million for the initiative, which will have three phases: a planning phase, an implementation phase and an invitational phase for large-scale proposals. “We are pleased to be awarded this planning grant from Lilly Endowment and thank Lilly Endowment for its continued investment in higher education,” said USF President Sister M. Elise Kriss, OSF. “This grant will assist USF in exploring innovative ways to best serve the needs of students.” In CTF’s planning phase, funds may be used at the discretion of the institution’s president for a variety of purposes, such as consultants, staff time, conferences and seminars, travel to gather information and ideas, and preparation for a Phase 2 proposal and Phase 3 concept paper. During the initiative, Lilly Endowment plans to provide opportunities for college and universities to convene to discuss topics of common interest.
Maria wrote in her essay about her desire to pay it forward with many volunteer hours at Community Harvest Food Bank, serving at a charitable organization that helped her family many years ago. She plans to study nursing at USF. “I come from a Catholic family and my parents always taught us to give because greater is the reward in heaven,” Maria wrote. “As a Catholic, service is a way to show Christ’s face unto those who perhaps do not know Him, so they get a glimpse of his love. Service is the greatest thing human beings can do to help and love each other!”
USF and Manchester University announce affiliation for Master of Athletic Training The USF Kinesiology and Nutrition department signed an affiliation agreement with Manchester University for the Master of Athletic Training program. USF students who are interested in athletic training will have a direct route to pursue their master’s degree. USF students who meet Manchester’s Master of Athletic Training program entry requirements are guaranteed a seat. 30
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Griest family donates rare book collection to USF USF alumna Patricia Griest has donated more than 250 rare books to the university, with a selection of highlights of the collection to be on public display. Griest and her late husband Walter D. Griest, M.D. amassed the collection over four decades. It includes books published by the Limited Editions Club and its predecessor, the Heritage Club. They are limited press books using archival papers, letterpress and fine embellished bindings. The texts include a variety of subjects: visual art, poetry, classic literature, history and politics. The collection also includes books with bound prints that illustrate the narratives of the texts by numerous historic artists, including Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Ryman, Sean Scully, Jacob Lawrence, Leonard Baskin, Francesco Clemente, Henri CartierBresson, Elizabeth Catlett and others. Photos by Hannah Fowerbaugh (BA ’19) and Tim Brumbeloe
