{"id":31291,"date":"2010-08-25T13:35:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=31291"},"modified":"2010-08-26T12:55:23","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T17:55:23","slug":"letu-receives-5-million-endowment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=31291","title":{"rendered":"LETU Receives $5 Million Endowment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=31292\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2010\/08\/thumb_LeTourneau-University-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_LeTourneau-University-logo\" width=\"146\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31292\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLONGVIEW \u2013 LeTourneau University (LETU) has received a $5 million gift to establish an endowed scholarship fund for home-schooled students.  The gift, from an anonymous donor, was announced Wednesday at the university convocation by LETU President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford.  It&#8217;s believed to be the single largest endowment for home-school scholarships ever established.  \u201cThe generous donor sees the critical need to endow scholarships for future generations and believes deeply in the value of the kind of quality Christian education that LeTourneau University offers,\u201d Lunsford said.<\/p>\n<p>According to LETU press materials, the endowment places LETU on the leading edge of a rising trend seen across campuses, as more students are graduating from a home-schooled environment.  Officials say LETU\u2019s mission over the past year has been to increase endowments for scholarships across the board. This $5 million gift, added to the nearly $1.5 million for other new scholarships endowed this year, brings the school to nearly $6.5 million in new endowed scholarships this year alone. <\/p>\n<p>The annual award of LETU\u2019s Home-school Scholarship Fund is set at $3,000 and is renewable over four academic years.    For the 2010-2011 academic year, 15 students have been selected for the LETU Home-school Scholarship.   \u201cStudents and their families who are interested in applying for these home-school scholarships can contact us at <a href=\"mailto:admissions@letu.edu\">admissions@letu.edu<\/a> to request information,\u201d said Vice President for Enrollment Services Linda Fitzhugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2013 LeTourneau University (LETU) has received a $5 million gift to establish an endowed scholarship fund for home-schooled students. The gift, from an anonymous donor, was announced Wednesday at the university convocation by LETU President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford. It&#8217;s believed to be the single largest endowment for home-school scholarships ever established. \u201cThe generous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=31291\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LETU Receives $5 Million Endowment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 07:19:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31291"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31818,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31291\/revisions\/31818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}