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Donors

Donors play an important and essential role in helping the Department of Theatre provide an exceptional educational opportunity for theatre majors and general university students taking theatre courses.  One may not realize that IPFW is a state-assisted, not state-supported, institution.  The IPFW budget comes from the following sources:

58% -  State appropriations
47% - Student  fees
5% - Other sources (sponsorships, donations, grants)

Dollars contributed to the Department of Theatre make a crucial difference and are directed to provide special opportunities for students including scholarships for theatre majors.

To contribute to the education of IPFW theatre majors, please contact the office of the Dean at 481-6977.  Your assistance is appreciated!

A special scholarship program has been developed to encourage scholarship contributions.  The guidelines follow:

 

VPA Sterling Scholarship Society
A Multi-Year Scholarship Program
for IPFW Arts Majors
Ongoing scholarships for talented arts students are the greatest need of the IPFW School of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). Through the School’s scholarships distribution process, departmental scholarship committees assign scholarship monies with a multi-year commitment to students contingent upon their continuing academic and artistic achievement. As VPA student enrollments grow, it becomes increasingly difficult to identify sufficient funding to continue these awards each year.
To enhance our ability to provide ongoing, annual scholarships to deserving students, we have initiated a new scholarship program. The VPA Sterling Scholarship Society comprises contributors who fund student scholarships within the VPA department of their designation through a multi-year commitment of $300-$1,000, with a pledge to continue three or more years or to establish an endowed scholarship in the amount of $25,000 or more.        

Project: Provide recurring scholarships for arts majors: the VPA Sterling Scholarship Society

Expectation: Contributors will designate departments to receive annual scholarships ranging from $300-$1,000 or more with a pledge to continue three years or more.

Contributor Benefits:

  • Contributors can follow their scholarship recipient throughout their college career.
  • Interact with your student at an informal lunch each year.
  • Recognition at the annual Student Honors Banquet, seated with your student recipient.
  • Recognition at annual VPA Contributors’ Celebration
  • Receive invitations to participate in VPA receptions and events throughout the year.
  • Attend graduation and the IPFW graduation party with your student.

Special recognitions:
1.  Contributors of $1,000 or more pledged three or more years:

  • Named Scholarships: annual scholarship contributors of will be identified by calling the scholarship recipient a ___ Sterling Scholar, after the last name of the contributor.
  • Acknowledgment as members of the VPA Sterling Scholarship Society in music and theatre programs and in Visual Arts Gallery signage.
  • Attend VPA events with your scholarship recipient.

2.  Contributors of $500-$999 pledged three or more years:

  • Acknowledgment as members of the VPA Sterling Scholarship Society in music and theatre programs and in Visual Arts Gallery signage.
  • Attend VPA events with your scholarship recipient.

 3.  Contributors of $300-$499 pledged three or more years:

  • Acknowledgment as members of the Sterling Scholarship Society in music and theatre programs and in Visual Arts Gallery signage.
  • Attend VPA events with your scholarship recipient.

To establish a Sterling Scholarship in your name, please contact the office of the dean at 260-481-6977.  Thank you!