Immaculata University received a financial grant of $87,000 for the 2022-2023 academic year from the W. W. Smith Charitable Trust for Delaware County students. This year’s grant allowed Immaculata University to award scholarships to 22 worthy full-time undergraduate students.
The trust requires that the students selected be permanent legal residents of the Delaware Valley Area (Philadelphia and its neighboring counties) who are in good academic standing and have financial need.
Since 1978, the W. W. Smith Charitable Trust has been generous in awarding gifts to Immaculata University.
Student recipients from Delaware County include:
- Gianna Bedwell ’24 of Marcus Hook
- Madalyn Bonner ’25 of Prospect Park
- Arianna Ciciretti ’24 of Garnet Valley
- Julia Foster ’24 of Newtown Square
- Cori Harding ’24 of Brookhaven
- Grace Sheeler ’25 of Drexel Hill
- Samantha Zane ’25 of Darby
The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust is a private foundation established by William Wikoff Smith in 1977. The Trust makes grants in the Greater Philadelphia region to support basic needs, college scholarships, maritime education, and medical research primarily in heart disease, cancer, and AIDS. Visit wwsmithcharitabletrust.org for more information.
Immaculata University is a faith-based comprehensive co-ed university with a rich history of liberal education, with an emphasis on service.
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