Hey, starving artists: MICA gets more money to give away
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has given the Maryland Institute College of Art a $150,000 grant to set up a scholarship fund for students with financial need, with an emphasis on attrracting minority freshmen or transfer students, the private art school announced this week.
The Hearst gift comes on the heels of several other diversity-focused scholarship programs recently announced by MICA.
In August, the college announced it was the recipient of more than $250,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, to be used to for scholarships to low-income students.
Also this summer, MICA reported the recipients of its first-ever "full ride" scholarships, paid for by the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust. The first two recipients are Christina Barrera of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Pablo Monterubbio-Benet of Chicago.
Founded in 1826, the Bolton Hill art college is in the third year of "Diversity and Inclusion" initiative. Only about seven percent of its student body was black or Hispanic in 2006, according to state data. In 2005, about 17 percent of undergraduates received federal Pell Grants, which are awarded to low-income students, according to collegeresults.org.
MICA undergraduate tution and fees -- not including living costs -- comes to more than $30,000 a year.
Good thing the Pikesville Rye is cheap at the nearby Mount Royal Tavern.
The Hearst gift comes on the heels of several other diversity-focused scholarship programs recently announced by MICA.
In August, the college announced it was the recipient of more than $250,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, to be used to for scholarships to low-income students.
Also this summer, MICA reported the recipients of its first-ever "full ride" scholarships, paid for by the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust. The first two recipients are Christina Barrera of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Pablo Monterubbio-Benet of Chicago.
Founded in 1826, the Bolton Hill art college is in the third year of "Diversity and Inclusion" initiative. Only about seven percent of its student body was black or Hispanic in 2006, according to state data. In 2005, about 17 percent of undergraduates received federal Pell Grants, which are awarded to low-income students, according to collegeresults.org.
MICA undergraduate tution and fees -- not including living costs -- comes to more than $30,000 a year.
Good thing the Pikesville Rye is cheap at the nearby Mount Royal Tavern.
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