WalMart College Success Awards Announced

In a July 14 press release, the Walmart Foundation and the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) announced the winners of the WalMart College Success Awards. These included 20 colleges who are members of the CIC and have shown success in the past helping first-generation college students make it through their college years and graduate with a degree.

The winning colleges will receive a $100,000 grant to help build their program. Those winning colleges are Adrian College (Adrian, MI), Bay Path College (Longmeadow, MA), Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY),California Lutheran University (Thousand Oak, CA), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), College of Idaho (Caldwell, ID), College of Mount Saint Vincent (Bronx, NY), College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, MN), College of St. Scholastica (Duluth, MN), Florida Memorial University Miami Gardens, FL), Illinois College (Jacksonville, IL), Juniata College (Huntingdon, PA), Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI), Lesley University (Cambridge, MA), Manchester College (North Manchester, IN), North Central College (Napierville, IL), Ripon College (Ripon, WI), St. Edward’s University (Austin, TX), Wartburg College (Waverly, IA), and Wiley College (Marshall, TX).


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