Instructions:SpringvilleCollege has received a $10 million donation for a work-based scholarship program. Springville is a private institution that costs approximately $24,000 a year in tuition. Most of the attending students receive financial aid and scholarships in order to afford the cost. The scholarship program requires students to complete a minimum of 400 hours of work at the school during four years of enrollment in exchange for a tuition-free education. The story below deals with the donation and the scholarship program. Edit the story for Associated Press style, grammar and clarity. If the editor requires additional information or questions the credibility of the material presented, make the proper notations. What information could help with the overall validity of the story? Is the purpose of the article clear in its current form? Are there additional questions that need to be addressed in the revision of the article? Rewrite passages accordingly.
$10 million seems like a lot of money to almost everyone, but for 41 Springville students it is changing their life.
The William B. Michaels Scholarship Program received a generous $10 million anonymous gift last semester. This gift is allowing for the expansion and continuation of the scholarship program that began five years ago.
This gift, announced in February, is a matching gift. For every $125,000 that Springville is able to raise from another source they are given access to another $125,000 from the $10 million donation, says Debbie Wallace, William B. Michaels Scholarship Program Coordinator.
Dr. George Hoover, Vice President of Enrollment Management, refers to this gift as an incredible occasion for donors.
“It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to make a legacy gift to Springville,” says Hoover. Donors are now able to sponsor a Michaels student by making a smaller contribution than before since through the matching program their gift is essentially doubled.
Through this gift the program that began with just 11 students in 2009 will be able to grow to accommodate 120 students, said Wallace.
Hoover adds that the Michaels program “has potential to be a transformative scholarship program.” Not only does it transform opportunities for Springville and donors but it is also transforming lives of students.
Oliver Hutton joined the Michaels program as a rising junior. The recent gift is especially significant to him.
“I wouldn’t be a Michaels Scholar without it. The fact that someone is willing to trust the school with that much money is indicative of Springville’s reputation,” says Hutton.
Sloan Williams, a freshman Michaels Scholar believes the program encompasses what Springville is all about. It provides students with the opportunity to attend Springville, challenges other students on campus with the high achievement on campus and has provided her with unique Springville experiences that will impact her for the rest of her life. She hopes that the gift she is receiving will allow her to give back in a similar way
“Ultimately, after graduation I think it would be really cool to have my own Michaels. It is an amazing opportunity to help a student come to Springville,” said Williams.
The William B. Michaels Programs allows students to work their way through a debt-free education. Students are required to be intensively involved in the Student Work Program, completing 4-500 hours by the time of graduation, said Wallace. She added that this goes back to Thomas Springville’s vision for students at Springville.
“Thomas Springville never intended on handing you your education on a silver platter. He wanted you to work for it,” says Wallace.