{"id":29724,"date":"2017-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-waco-students-launch-scholarship-endowment-fund-for-future-learners\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:41:50","slug":"tarleton-waco-students-launch-scholarship-endowment-fund-for-future-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-waco-students-launch-scholarship-endowment-fund-for-future-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Waco students launch scholarship endowment fund for future learners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tarletan-Waco<\/a><\/p>\n

Tarleton-Waco Students Launch Endowment Fund<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nTuesday, April 4, 2017<\/p>\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Tarleton State University today launched a campaign for an endowed scholarship to create educational opportunities for students at its Waco center on the campus of McLennan Community College.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to understand that an endowment is a particularly special piece, a powerful act of service,\u201d said Tarleton President F. Dominic Dottavio at the ceremonial signing. \u201cIt is a gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving for years to come. It\u2019s one thing to give a cash gift that people can use right now, but an endowed scholarship is something that lives on forever, in perpetuity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scholarship is a cornerstone for improving lives, said Clinton Dennard, advisor and program manager of community outreach for Tarleton\u2019s Waco center.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you educate people and put them into society, you have a better society,\u201d he said. \u201cIt really does help these students. Being able to have this funding is going to do wonders, not just for current students, not just for students in a year or two, but for students all the way through.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new scholarship, now accepting donations, was part of Tarleton\u2019s annual 24-hour Day of Giving campaign conducted at all Tarleton sites. The second annual Day of Giving is expected to surpass the $141,000 raised in last year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n

#<\/p>\n

Contact: Janice Horak, Assistant Vice President of Development
\n254-968-9857
\njhorak@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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