Editor’s note: In late April, 2023, four Scholarship Foundation Policy Fellows joined Director of Advocacy Karina Arango for training and legislative visits organized by the National College Attainment Network in …
Homecoming
Among the beautiful things about an organization with 103 years of roots in this community is that one never knows when a homecoming will spontaneously occur. Reminders of how we …
A Reflection of Student Life, 2023
By way of this post, I am inviting you to join our board and staff in reflection. Following are four short profiles, drawn from the true stories and actual facts …
Equal, Just, or Equitable
Who benefits from Scholarship Foundation scholarship grants and loans? Who makes the decisions and who awards the funds? These are the equity questions answered in The Scholarship Foundation’s first equity …
The Gift of a Wild Card
I recently met a longtime Scholarship Foundation dear friend for coffee and delivery of an $18,000 check. The amount, timing and meaning of the gift is specific and special. Though …
The Dynamics of Debt
STACY MASSEY 2008 Graduated Metro High School and Bayless High School 2012 BJ journalism and BA gender studies, University of Missouri 2013 Served two years as Communications Coordinator, Night Ministry, …