STATE UNIVERSITIES
Michigan Tech’s School of Business and Economics receives gift
Michigan Technological University alumnus David Lyth has donated a $100,000 gift to the School of Business and Economics. The gift, made in memory of his late wife, will offer financial assistance to women. The Joyce Caylor Lyth Memorial Endowed Scholarship will be open to female first-generation college students from the Upper Peninsula studying accounting at the school — the first scholarship program of its kind in the business school.
Wayne State creates partnership for bachelor’s degree success
Wayne State University has partnered with Macomb Community College to create a new pathway to bachelor’s degrees for students. The Wayne Advantage-Macomb program will allow students to concurrently enroll at both institutions to get a head start on a WSU bachelor’s degree while completing a Macomb Community College certificate program or associate’s degree. The partnership offers students extensive resources, coordinated financial aid, joint academic advising and a joint transcripting process.
PEER INSTITUTIONS
UW-Madison School of Music receives $25M gift
The Mead Witter Foundation recently donated a $25 million legacy gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music. The gift will provide funding for a new performance building, which is scheduled to begin construction in late 2016 and will open in 2018. The music school is to be named the Mead Witter School of Music in recognition for the gift, and the building will be known as the Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall.
IU announces $2M gift to the College of Arts and Sciences
The Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences received a $2 million gift from alumnus Donald R. Knauss and his wife, Ellie M. Knauss. The gift will establish the Knauss Family Scholarship, which will annually fund more than $150,000 worth of new scholarships for students in the college with the aim to bolster enrollment.
$10M gift to UCLA will support migraine research
UCLA Health Sciences has received a $10 million endowment from Wendy and Leonard Goldberg. The gift will establish the UCLA Goldberg Migraine Program and support multidisciplinary research on migraines — a neurological disorder that affects 36 million people in the U.S. The Goldbergs’ donation is the largest gift from individuals to support migraine research and treatment.
