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The Hearst Foundations Establish $100,000 Lourdes
Scholarship
Special to The Truth
Lourdes University has announced the establishment of the
Hearst Scholarship Fund benefiting academically successful
students from disadvantaged backgrounds with demonstrated
financial need. The $100,000 scholarship allows Lourdes
University to award five select students with a renewable
scholarship distributed over four years. The goal is to
assist these talented students in successfully pursuing and
achieving their bachelor’s degree.
Recipients, called Hearst Scholars, will apply in their
first year of study. To qualify, Hearst Scholars must hold a
high school grade point average of 3.0 or higher and a
comparable ACT score; have an unmet financial need of not
less than the annual scholarship amount; and be enrolled
full time in an undergraduate degree program. Applicants
must submit a written statement that describes their
educational plan including how they propose to graduate
within the four-year timeline required. Recipients must
reapply annually for a total of not more than four years and
must maintain a 3.0 GPA.
During the grant process, George Irish, vice president and
director of East Coast Operations for the Hearst
Foundations, visited Lourdes University. Irish was
“impressed with the institution, its students and the team
that Dave Livingston, president of Lourdes, has put
together.”
The Hearst Foundations are national philanthropic resources
for organizations working in the fields of culture,
education, health and social services. The Hearst
Foundations identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to
ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States
have the opportunity to build healthy, productive and
inspiring lives. The Hearst Foundation, Inc. was founded by
William Randolph Hearst in 1945. In 1948, he established the
California Charities Foundations, later renamed The William
Randolph Hearst Foundation. Both foundations are guided by
the same charitable mission, which reflects the
philanthropic interests of their founder. Both foundations
are also independent private philanthropies operating
separately from the Hearst Corporation.
Lourdes University is one of a select number of exemplary
colleges the Hearst Foundations have supported who are
dedicated to preparing students to succeed in a global
society. Preference is given to medium size, private liberal
arts colleges and universities. Other Ohio institutions who
have received scholarship support from the Hearst
Foundations in past years include Baldwin-Wallace College,
Case Western, Kenyon, Oberlin, Ohio Dominican, University of
Cincinnati, University of Dayton, Wittenberg and Xavier.
“Over 55 percent of Lourdes students are first generation
college students. How fitting that our students will carry
on the legacy of Mr. Hearst who accomplished so much in his
lifetime and has contributed so much to society through his
foundations,” says Mary Arquette, vice president for
Institutional Advancement.
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