The grant will support the college’s TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) program for the next five years.

The gift, which is in excess of $850,000, comes from the estate of Mildred “Susie” Bowling.

The university sold several plots of land to Project Neighbors at a steep discount to help provide the area with permanently affordable housing.

The collaboration will see employees of local emergency medical service providers receiving additional specialized hands-on training from the university’s faculty within the university’s classrooms and laboratories.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is one of two recipients of this year’s award, with the other being Hanover College. The funding will serve to enhance student success and library services at the colleges’ respective libraries.

The new Bachelor of Science in Forensics degree program has been approved by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and will begin with the Fall 2025 semester.

The scholarship was established and endowed via a gift of $1.97 million from the estate of Dr. Geraldine Chan, who graduated from the college in 1964.

The partnership will provide Indiana’s youth coaches and educators with the opportunity to participate in a free workshop to help develop youth-oriented coaching skills.

The new partnerships with Sweetwater and Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana will offer the organizations’ members and employees tuition discounts and other benefits.

After over 20 years working in a range of positions at Kirtland Community College, John Thiel has been hired as the school’s new Vice President of Academic Affairs.