Leadership

By Buff Buffkin, President, and Faith Sandler, Executive Director Nothing is the same. Everything is reminiscent. The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis is putting people first, 100 years old and counting, and...

This request for funding was already prepared for publication before COVID-19 began unfolding in the United States. Once the effects of the virus became clearer, I wondered if it was still appropriate...

Colleagues at National College Access Network (NCAN) invited me to speak in a TED-style talk at a conference plenary session in front of more than 1,100 people. Three of us agreed to...

We are tired and we are moved. Today is a somber day in St. Louis, marking five years since the police shooting of Michael Brown, Jr. on a quiet street in Ferguson...

Power is not always signified by title, wealth, or placement in the organizational chart. Meet Scholarship Foundation Advising Director Teresa Steinkamp and Program Director Thurman Young. You will not find two professionals...

Today marks 30 years I’ve been Executive Director of The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. After three decades, I can still say without hesitation that I have the best job in town....

My father is 82 and now lives just blocks away from me. Two years ago, after a devastating car accident on a rural road near my parents’ former home, he could no...

Increasingly, policymakers and media ask whether a college degree is “worth it”. Do the financial benefits outweigh the risks or costs? Is it for everyone? How relevant is the learning occurring at...

Atonement Last night, many broke the fast at the close of Yom Kippur, the highest of Jewish holy days on which those observing review the prior year, atone for transgressions or actions...

Today, I invoke the Thumper Theory as a way of marking Independence Day. I am at an unprecedented loss for things to say that will celebrate the United States of America. Though...

Some questions inspire startlingly simple answers. My grandfather had euphemisms at the ready for self-evident questions: “Is fat meat greasy?”, “Is the Pope Catholic?”, “Does a bear sh*t in the woods?”. Here...

It’s ironic that I can neither calculate nor estimate the value of the gifts that Kim Abel has given in her 17 years as Deputy Director of The Scholarship Foundation of St....