In the most recent of many gifts provided by the Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor to Washtenaw Community College, the nonprofit organization gave its largest donation to the college to date.

The new selective admission program will admit 18 students each fall semester beginning in 2027.

The agreement gives students who are transitioning from Kellogg Community College to Western Michigan University automatic invitation to the university’s Lee Honors College, provided they meet eligibility requirements.

The grant comes from Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) and will support Davenport University’s Mid-Michigan GEAR UP (MMGU) Project. It is the largest grant the university has ever received.

The Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Program grant will support the college’s HOPE program, which itself supports educators who are Tribal Head Start employees.

The funding totals upwards of $2.3 million and is divided into two awards, one for the Center for Career, Vocation and Leadership and one for the Center for Public Service.

The University of Louisville’s Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute and its partners have opened the Health and Well-being Center at the Junior Achievement (JA) Finance Park of Kentucky.

Pathways to More is a dual-admission and transfer program that gives students the opportunity to earn an associate degree from any of the 16 colleges in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and a bachelor degree from Thomas More University.

The funding has been awarded to the university’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in collaboration with the Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation’s Kentucky Commercialization Ventures in support of a new paid internship program called NKU INVENT.

The scholarship is available to individuals who have been a first responder for at least one year, as well as to the families of those individuals.