University Honors Fallen Warriors

Posted By Blackfive • [March 11, 2005]

During this time where recruiters are driven off campus and our elite campuses don't allow ROTC, there's one university that I read about today that is doing a very good service.

America Supports You: University Offers Scholarships By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2005 – A Pennsylvania university is putting its values and money to work for the sons and daughters of servicemembers who make the ultimate sacrifice. “It’s just the right thing to do,” said Widener University President James T. Harris said during a telephone interview with the American Forces Press Service. The genesis of the idea came when faculty and students at the four-year undergraduate school began being called up and deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. “I was speaking with a fellow faculty member,” Harris said, “and we wondered if there was something we could do.” Harris said he went back to his office and began “crunching numbers.” He found enough money in the scholarship budget to offer four full scholarships to the university. The offer equals $100,000 for one student for a four-year degree. <...> It’s called Widener CARES – for Children of Active and Reserves Educational Scholarships. The program is open to the sons and daughters of servicemembers killed in action in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. It is a national program...

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University Honors Fallen Warriors

During this time where recruiters are driven off campus and our elite campuses don't allow ROTC, there's one university that I read about today that is doing a very good service.

America Supports You: University Offers Scholarships By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2005 – A Pennsylvania university is putting its values and money to work for the sons and daughters of servicemembers who make the ultimate sacrifice. “It’s just the right thing to do,” said Widener University President James T. Harris said during a telephone interview with the American Forces Press Service. The genesis of the idea came when faculty and students at the four-year undergraduate school began being called up and deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. “I was speaking with a fellow faculty member,” Harris said, “and we wondered if there was something we could do.” Harris said he went back to his office and began “crunching numbers.” He found enough money in the scholarship budget to offer four full scholarships to the university. The offer equals $100,000 for one student for a four-year degree. <...> It’s called Widener CARES – for Children of Active and Reserves Educational Scholarships. The program is open to the sons and daughters of servicemembers killed in action in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. It is a national program...

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