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Atkins Foundation Gives
$2 million for nutrition program
The Robert C. Atkins Foundation has given $2 million to the Duke University School of Medicine to fund an endowed professorship as well as for research, clinical care and education in the areas of nutrition and metabolism.
Wachovia Foundation gift benefits community, Fuqua
The Wachovia Foundation is giving Duke University $1 million for afterschool programs for low-income Durham school children and for Fuqua School of Business programs.
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Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Awards Major Scholarship Grant
Duke TIP has received a $550,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, to identify and serve gifted youth in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The grant also funds $50,000 in infrastructure over a five-year period for on-site recruitment initiatives for these talented students in the greater Kansas City area.
The pilot cohort of eighth-twelfth grade students, known as the Duke TIP Kansas City Area Scholars, has been selected to participate in the Next Generation Venture Fund. This collaborative national investment initiative develops a pipeline of talented students from underrepresented populations and disadvantaged backgrounds for admission to selective universities across the country and for future leadership roles. Each scholar will receive support through a suite of services totaling $20,000 over a five-year period including Duke TIP summer residential classes, the educational entrepreneurial BizCamp, college testing services from Kaplan, and highly personalized year-round academic mentoring from an educational advisor. Beginning in summer 2007, these students will take classes at Appalachian State University, Davidson College, Duke University, University of Kansas, and Texas A&M University. Congratulations to these 25 Duke TIP Kansas City Area scholars and their families! Information about the Kauffman Foundation is available at www.kauffman.org.
For more information, contact:
Peter Vaughn | (919) 681-0448 | peter.vaughn@duke.edu
June 14, 2007