Donor Funded Scholarships
Create a Scholarship
Honor family, friends, a beloved professor or other meaningful influences in your life and help ensure learning really does live forever. Creating a scholarship is a simple process that will impact students' lives for generations to come, it's something you can do today or with a planned gift. Celebrate SUU's 125th anniversary by creating your scholarship this year.
1. Select a Scholarship
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
- Permanent and perpetual
- Created with gifts of $40,000 or more
- May be funded over a period of five years
- The interest earned on the principal will fund the scholarship; principal remains untouched
ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Established with Gifts of $1,000 or more
- Four-year commitment of similar gift is required to fund student through schooling
- Not permanent, but opportunity to build a lasting relationship between donor and recipient

2. Determine Scholarship Criteria
Endowed and annual scholarship donors may choose the scholarship name and criteria.
Examples include :
- Academic Achievement
- Leadership Potential
- Geographic Origin
- Financial Need
- Area of interest
- Merit

3. See the Impact of you Gift
Donors to annual and endowed scholarships are notified annually when a scholarship recipient is selected. They also have an opportunity to meet the students they are helping at the annual Scholarship Appreciation Banquet.
