{"id":35936,"date":"2025-11-16T17:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/35936\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T17:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:27:10","slug":"30m-donation-from-pitt-alumnus-funds-new-scholarship-program-for-honors-college-students-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/35936\/","title":{"rendered":"$30M donation from Pitt alumnus funds new scholarship program for honors college students \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 A generous gift from a Pitt alumnus and Upper Saint Clair native is allowing the university to provide more scholarships to students in the Frederick Honors College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pitt announced the $30 million gift from Michael Rees on Friday, which establishes the Rees-Chancellor\u2019s Scholars Program at the David C. Frederick Honors College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">This significant donation will fund an endowed program designed to attract exceptional first-year students by providing full scholarships covering room, board and tuition. The program will support 64 students at a time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cMichael Rees exemplifies the possibilities of a Pitt education,\u201d Chancellor Joan Gabel said. \u201cHis transformational gift not only ensures that the best and brightest continue to choose and be served by Pitt, but that our honors college continues its incredible momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cMy time at Pitt laid the foundation for my career, and my honors program experiences are what really shaped me into the person I am today,\u201d Rees said. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see the next generation of students enjoy even greater benefits and to help this program reach new heights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Rees-Chancellor\u2019s Scholars Program also gifts additional staff members, creating a team dedicated to supporting the cohort. This team will establish a recruitment pipeline, work with each student to personalize their education, and provide guidance on preparing for and applying to international scholarships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The first cohort of Rees-Chancellor\u2019s Scholars will begin in the 2027-2028 academic year, and add 16 new students each year in perpetuity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The program aims to develop future leaders and innovators by offering funded opportunities for research, internships, and study abroad experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 A generous gift from a Pitt alumnus and Upper Saint Clair native is allowing the university&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15868,22309,22306,22308,3398,73,75,74,22307,2553],"class_list":["post-35936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-donation","tag-frecerick-honors-college","tag-gift","tag-honors-college","tag-pitt","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-scholarship-program","tag-university-of-pittsburgh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}