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Recent Grants: Private Higher Education
Grants in the Private Higher Education program are awarded in three categories: Leading Universities, Liberal Arts Colleges and Underserved Colleges. All grants reflect a top priority of the president from each institution. Grant awards are determined by the overall quality of the institution within each category and the impact of a proposal on the academic experience. (Please see the Private Higher Education Program guidelines and FAQs for additional information.)

Liberal Arts College Category

2011

ST. OLAF COLLEGE - $250,000
Northfield, MN
Towards the relocation of the Center for Experiential Learning. (more)

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY - $250,000
Canton, NY
To assist in the development of an integrated approach to academic advising, internships, and alumni mentoring. (more)

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE - $250,000
Claremont, CA
To support programming for the College’s new Center for Writing and Public Discourse. (more)

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE - $250,000
Hampden-Sydney, VA
To support classroom improvements. (more)

AUSTIN COLLEGE - $250,000
Sherman, TX
To endow a scientific equipment fund. (more)

ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE – $250,000
Annapolis, MD
To support a faculty development initiative at this unique liberal arts college. (more)

OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE – $250,000
Los Angeles, CA
To fund construction of a new psychophysiology laboratory. (more)

SCRIPPS COLLEGE – $250,000
Claremont, CA
To endow activities related to the College’s Special and Rare Book collection. (more)

HENDRIX COLLEGE - $250,000
Conway, AR
Towards an endowed fund providing financial support for student projects undertaken through the Odyssey program. (more)

ALLEGHENY COLLEGE - $250,000
Meadville, PA
To support the installation of a geographic information system (GIS) laboratory. (more)

SKIDMORE COLLEGE - $250,000
Saratoga Springs, NY
In support of a faculty development initiative to institutionalize civic engagement within the Skidmore curriculum. (more)

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE - $250,000
Middlebury, VT
To increase the focus on Modern Hebrew and Israeli culture within the Middle Eastern Studies program. (more)

ECKERD COLLEGE - $250,000
St. Petersburg, FL
To purchase scientific equipment that will be used in Eckerd’s new Center for Molecular and Life Sciences. (more)

2010

HAVERFORD COLLEGE - $250,000
Haverford, PA
To help establish a new environmental studies concentration in partnership with Bryn Mawr College. (more)

BARNARD COLLEGE - $250,000
New York, NY
Renovation of introductory Biology laboratories (more)

WABASH COLLEGE - $250,000
Crawfordsville, IN
Wabash will use this grant to further its engagement and retention of minority students. (more)

WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY - $250,000
Salem, OR
This grant will help support a renovation project that allows Willamette to centralize its current academic support services, house two newly created centers, and complete its planned five-part academic support model. (more)

WELLESLEY COLLEGE - $250,000
Wellesley, MA
Towards endowment for the College’s new Madeline Albright Institute for Global Affairs. (more)

UNION COLLEGE - $250,000
Schenectady, NY
For continued development of the College’s new bioengineering program and Union’s efforts to further integrate engineering with the liberal arts. (more)

PITZER COLLEGE - $250,000
Claremont, CA
Towards endowment for the new faculty/director position at the College’s emerging Center for the Study of Global Communities. (more)

OBERLIN COLLEGE - $250,000
Oberlin, OH
To support the Oberlin Research Fellows Program. (more)

KENYON COLLEGE - $250,000
Gambier, OH
Towards endowment for a post-doctoral fellowship position in the College’s new Center for the Study of American Democracy. (more)

BATES COLLEGE - $250,000
Lewiston, ME
To strengthen the biology department. (more)

2009

RHODES COLLEGE - $200,000
Memphis, TN
To pilot a new student fellowship initiative. (more)

KALAMAZOO COLLEGE - $250,000
Kalamazoo, MI
To implement a “Branding Initiative” that emerged as a key priority during the community-wide development of the College’s new strategic plan. (more)

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE - $250,000
Claremont, CA
For strategic information technology upgrades. (more)

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE - $250,000
New London, CT
To strengthen use of math and computer science in the study of biology. (more)

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS - $200,000
Worcester, MA
For a new addition to and renovation of the College’s science facilities. (more)

COLBY COLLEGE - $250,000
Waterville, ME
Towards endowment for the Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement. (more)

CENTRE COLLEGE - $250,000
Danville, KY
Awarded to help establish a new Center for Globalization, which is at the core of the College’s new strategic plan for global citizenship. (more)

BOWDOIN COLLEGE - $250,000
Brunswick, ME
Towards construction of a new ice hockey arena. (more)

2008

WHITMAN COLLEGE - $200,000
Walla Walla, WA
To complete funding for a new Center for Visual Arts. (more)

WASHINGTON COLLEGE - $250,000
Chestertown, MD
To help complete the renovation/construction of a new performing arts center. (more)

WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY (W&L) - $250,000
Lexington, VA
To help create an “information commons” in the College’s library. (more)

WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE (W&J) - $250,000
Washington, PA
Towards the College’s science initiative. (more)

VASSAR COLLEGE - $200,000
Poughkeepsie, NY
For the College’s observatory renovation project. (more)

ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE - $200,000
Santa Fe, NM
To help restore and expand the science laboratory. (more)

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - $200,000
Georgetown, TX
To establish a Latin American art history faculty position. (more)

KNOX COLLEGE - $200,000
Galesburg, IL
To outfit classrooms, studios, and laboratories with state-of-the-art instructional technology. (more)

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY - $200,000
Bloomington, IL
To develop an Academic Advising Center. (more)

HOLLINS UNIVERSITY - $200,000
Roanoke, VA
Towards endowment for the new First-Year Experience. (more)

FURMAN UNIVERSITY - $250,000
Greenville, SC
To purchase state-of-the-art laboratory equipment for the natural sciences. (more)

EARLHAM COLLEGE - $200,000
Richmond, IN
For improvements to the College’s sole venue for performances, lectures, and other public events. (more)

DICKINSON COLLEGE - $200,000
Carlisle, PA
To help complete funding for a new multidisciplinary science building. (more)

MACALESTER COLLEGE - $200,000
St. Paul, MN
To complete a new athletic and recreation center. (more)

Underserved Colleges Category
Eligibility in the Underserved Colleges category is limited to Historically Black Colleges, Native American tribal colleges, Work College Consortium members, colleges in Appalachia, and similar schools with comparable percentages of traditionally underserved students.

2011

MARS HILL COLLEGE - $250,000
Mars Hill, NC
To help endow the College’s Southern Appalachian Archives. (more)

JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY (JCSU) - $250,000
Charlotte, NC
Towards development of an academic minor in leadership that will be offered through the University’s Applied Leadership and Community Development Center. (more)

2010

FERRUM COLLEGE - $250,000
Ferrum, VA
Ferrum’s award will enable the installation of a Smart Classroom. (more)

WARREN WILSON COLLEGE - $250,000
Asheville, NC
To initiate the Presidential Interdisciplinary Writing Initiative. (more)

2009

ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE - $250,000
Pippa Passes, KY
In support of a faculty/staff housing project. (more)

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE - $250,000
Atlanta, GA
To initiate the 150th Morehouse Anniversary History Project. (more)

2008

CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY - $200,000
Orangeburg, SC
Towards construction of a new Chapel. (more)

OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE (OLC) - $200,000
Kyle, SD
Towards endowment for faculty positions and student scholarships. (more)

Leading Universities Category
Grants in the Leading University category are restricted to the undergraduate level and must offer the potential to influence undergraduate education beyond the university.

2011

DUKE UNIVERSITY – $190,000
Durham, NC
To develop a more comprehensive and integrated training model for DukeEngage. (more)

2010

YALE UNIVERSITY - $226,000
New Haven, CT
To refine a new model for learning in the Directed Independent Language Study (DILS) program. (more)

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - $250,000
Pasadena, CA
In 2007, Caltech began to rethink how to use labs to teach experimental science to a new generation of students. (more)

2009

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY - $250,000
Waltham, MA
To fund a pilot “Science Posse” program with the potential to be a model for other undergraduate schools. (more)

TUFTS UNIVERSITY - $250,000
Medford, MA
To help launch an innovative, interdisciplinary leadership minor for undergraduate students. (more)

2008

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - $200,000
New York, NY
To support post-doctoral fellows and the development of original materials for the new Frontiers of Science course. (more)

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY - $200,000
Winston-Salem, NC
To support integrating entrepreneurship with the liberal arts. (more)

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