May 8, 2008
Contact: Paul K. Logsdon, Director of Public Relations and Publications, 417-865-2815, Ext. 7292
Jefferson City, Mo. — The Missouri Colleges Fund today announced that the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation has contributed $15,000 to the Missouri Colleges Fund.
This grant underwrites the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Scholars Program by providing scholarships at each of the 16 member schools. The scholarships will be awarded by the member schools on the basis of financial need to outstanding qualified students pursuing degrees in business, marketing and/or communications.
“The Missouri Colleges Fund is very grateful for this gift from the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation,” said Mike Backer, MCF president. “Enterprise recognizes the importance of education and significant impact that an educated workforce has on Missouri’s economy.”
MCF member schools are independent baccalaureate degree-granting liberal arts and comprehensive colleges and universities in the state of Missouri. Their income is derived primarily from private sources.
Missouri Colleges Fund member schools include Avila University, Kansas City; Central Methodist University, Fayette; Columbia College, Columbia; Culver-Stockton College, Canton; Drury University, Springfield; Evangel University, Springfield; Fontbonne University, St. Louis; Hannibal–LaGrange College, Hannibal; Maryville University, St. Louis; Missouri Baptist University, St. Louis; Park University, Parkville; Rockhurst University, Kansas City; Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar; Westminster College, Fulton; William Jewell College, Liberty; and William Woods University, Fulton.
The MCF was incorporatedin 1952 as apartnership of private enterprise and the member independent colleges and universities in the Show-Me State. The Fund is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt corporation; therefore, all contributions to the Fund are tax-deductible up to the limits prescribed by the law.
More information about the Missouri Colleges Fund can be found online at www.mocollegesfund.org or by calling Mike Backer at (573) 893-3818.