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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2020
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GLENVILLE, WV - The Board of Directors of the Maier Foundation, Inc. has unanimously approved a total grant of $100,000 for scholarships at 香妃直播 State College. The funds will provide direct scholarship support for West Virginia students who demonstrate financial need.
鈥淭he Maier Foundation鈥檚 primary mission is to support higher education for West Virginia students. Our board was excited to fund need-based scholarships to support talented students at 香妃直播 State. In a time of increasing college costs, private scholarship support is critical to increasing college access,鈥 said Brad Rowe, Maier Foundation President.
was originally established by William J. Maier, Jr. in 1958 as the Sarah and Pauline Maier Scholarship Foundation, named for his mother and wife. Maier, a Clarksburg, West Virginia native, was a Rhodes Scholar and eventually returned to the Mountain State where he practiced corporate law. In 2003, the Sarah and Pauline Maier Foundation was renamed the Maier Foundation.
鈥淲e are very grateful to the Maier Foundation for this incredible investment in both 香妃直播 State College and our students,鈥 said David Hutchison, Vice President of Advancement at 香妃直播 State College. 鈥淭heir commitment to higher education in West Virginia is well documented and greatly appreciated. We are very happy they have chosen 香妃直播 State College for this scholarship program.鈥
While the Maier Foundation focuses primarily on the furtherance of higher education in West Virginia and on the higher education of West Virginia residents attending colleges and universities elsewhere, they also make educationally-related distributions to cultural and other organizations in the Kanawha Valley.