Support Scholarships at BUSSW and See Your Gift Quadrupled!

Scholarships for students at the School of Social Work are of the utmost priority— they allow the School to recruit and retain committed individuals to the profession, and help defray students’ loan debt upon graduating. We rely on donations from alumni and friends of the School each year to make a BUSSW degree a reality for many of the best and brightest, regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds.

Right now, we have a special opportunity to grow several of the School’s endowed scholarship funds, thanks to a generous donor who is willing to quadruple any contributions to the following scholarships. Gifts made by June 30, 2012 to any of the following funds will be matched.

Wendy Carol Byers Memorial Scholarship Fund (#: 9200000256)
• For student(s) with disabilities who demonstrate financial need.

Richard Cohen Scholarship Fund (#: 9200000349)
• For a second-year student who plans to enter either the group work field or community organizing.

Singer Family Foundation Prize Fund for Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered Students (#: 9200000502)
• For self-identified gay, lesbian, or transgendered full- or part-time students committed to serving the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community.

Frances H. Gelber Scholarship Fund (#: 9200000561)
• For non-Caucasian minority students.

Hubie Jones Fund for Urban Social Work Practice (#: 9200000725)
• For scholarships associated with the School’s urban mission.

Carolyn Dillon Scholarship Fund (#: 9200000584)
• For students, either macro or clinical, who demonstrate need and merit.

Rosemary Pazol Mundell Prize Fund (#: 9200000989)
• For students who are parents and show financial need.

Dean Wilma Peebles-Wilkins Human Relations Scholarship Fund (#: 9200001039)
• For second-year student(s) who demonstrate outstanding ability in communicating and interacting across cultural, racial and ethnic lines.

Janice Serkess Fund (#: 9200001188)
• For students pursuing degrees in gerontology.

Holly Margolin Zwerling Scholarship Fund (#: 9200001499)
• For students who demonstrate a commitment to and/or interest in parenting support issues and programs.

Please consider making your gift to one of these scholarships today and see it have quadrupled the impact! With your support, BUSSW will be able to attract and maintain a diverse student body, and prepare a new generation of social work practitioners and leaders.

If you have questions about your giving or want to learn of other ways to financially assist the School of Social Work, please contact Ken Schulman, Associate Dean for Enrollment Services and External Relations, at kschul@bu.edu or 617.353.3750.

All contributions must be received by June 30, 2012 to be eligible for the match. Giving online? Please be sure to designate which fund you want your contribution to support.