BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE RECEIVES 100000 GRANT FROM BESTFOODS
November 25, 2003, Bloomfield, NJ -- The Bestfoods Educational Foundation recently awarded Bloomfield College $100,000 in support of student scholarships. The grant will help nearly 70 upperclass men and women to remain in school and earn their degrees.
This is the second year in a row that the Bestfoods Educational Foundation awarded $100,000 to Bloomfield College to help students bridge the gap between the cost of tuition and their financial aid package.
“The Bestfoods Educational Foundation scholarship program is an important retention tool which enables us to keep motivated students enrolled through to graduation,” said Veronica Clinton, Vice President for College Relations.
Historically, the Bestfoods Educational Foundation has provided merit-based scholarships for children of Bestfoods employees. However, the College’s mission and the diversity of its students so impressed the Foundation Board members that they decided to include Bloomfield among the recipients of their generosity.
Luis Schuchinski, one of the four Foundation Board members who first visited the College last year, encouraged the Bestfoods Educational Foundation to consider Bloomfield College among its potential grant recipients. A Montclair resident, Luis became a friend of the College through Rosemary Iversen, a Bloomfield College Board of Trustees member. The College remains grateful to Luis and Rosemary for helping to secure this grant.
