Nineteen students applied to become the first recipients of funding from Student Body President Mary Cooper’s Student Enrichment Fund.
Cooper established the $5,000 fund, which is meant to help students attend off-campus events, as one of three major platform points during her presidential campaign.
“It’s a brand-new project, so to have 19 applicants to start off, which means we have an opportunity to be selective,” Cooper said.
She said student government will award 15 of the applicants funding to attend events such as lectures and conferences that they might not be able to afford otherwise.
The deadline for applications was Tuesday night, and the winners will be announced Nov. 9.
While $3,600 of the program’s funding will come from Cooper’s student body president stipend, the committee in charge of the project has applied for additional funding from the Parents Council and other campus organizations.
Cooper said now that the application process is complete, the committee is focusing on securing grants for the fund as soon as possible.
She said people will be more likely to donate to the fund because of positive student interest in the program.
Student Body Secretary Adam Jutha, who served as a publicist for the enrichment fund, said he would like to see students apply for grants based on events that might be applicable to their future careers.
