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Berea
College received a $100,000 grant last week from the Schmidlapp
Fund, managed by Fifth Third Bank. On hand for the check presentation
at Berea last week was Sam Barnes, president and CEO of Fifth
Third Bank, Berea student Tonya Smith, who is a single parent,
Phyllis Hughes, director of Fundations, Capital Projects and
Development Communications for Berea, and College President Larry
D. Shinn. (photo by Alice Ledford, courtesy of Berea College
Public Relations).
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A $100,000 grant received from the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund, managed
by Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, will benefit Berea College’s
single parent education initiative. The grant, which establishes the
Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Scholarship, will provide funds toward the
cost of education annually for a single mother who is a student at
Berea College.
One of the ways Berea Colleges realizes its historic commitment to
education for women is through education for single parents, primarily
from the Appalachian region. This year, Berea has enrolled approximately
40 single parents (including males). Among the support provided for
them (and other student families) is housing in the Berea College Ecovillage
and on-site child care, in addition to the full-tuition scholarship
that every Berea student is guaranteed. Other support includes transportation
through a vehicle shared by Ecovillage residents, parenting classes,
and counseling provided by live-in support staff.
Previously, Berea received a $58,000 grant from the Schmidlapp Fund
to fund an annual cost of education scholarship for a female student
of Appalachian background from the Cincinnati area over four years.
The Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund was created in 1908 by a gift from
Jacob C. Schmidlapp in memory of his daughter, Charlotte, who died
in an auto accident at age 19. Grants from the Fund are restricted
to helping women establish themselves in life.
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