Donors who give annually to academic scholarships or create permanent scholarship endowments reduce student debt and provide financial support to those who may not otherwise be able to afford college. These gifts encourage students in highly valued academic disciplines, reward students for high achievement, and inspire students to pay it forward. Donors can choose to support existing scholarships or to create a new scholarship.
Thanks to the generosity of friends and alumni, students today benefit from more than 350 scholarships that provide more than 450 awards, ranging annually from $125 to $25,000.
A *Your Name Here* SCHOLARSHIP
Donors who create endowed scholarships with a gift of $50,000 or more may establish scholarships in their name or to honor a cherished family member or professor. Named scholarships can be permanently endowed to create a lasting legacy that will support talented students for years to come. For more information about endowing a scholarship, please contact us at giving@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1613.
Endowed Scholarships
“Augsburg and the people who have become my lifelong friends – both fellow students, alumni colleagues, and faculty – have been a large part of how my life continues to be molded and shaped,” says alumna Naomi (Christensen) ’81. Naomi and her husband, Staruch, are one of Augsburg’s first recipients of a Water Drop for their significant gift to the Leland B. Sateren Choral Music Scholarship. You can read their story – along with other giving stories – on Augsburg’s Gift Announcements blog.