Roosevelt to launch alumni scholarship program
Roosevelt University hopes a new scholarship program will encourage alumni looking to continue their education to include Roosevelt on their list of potential universities. The program also aims to provide alumni benefits “of real, measurable value,” according to University Advancement and Enrollment Management leaders who partnered to launch the effort.
The new Lifelong Laker Scholarship is available to alumni who have completed a Roosevelt University or Robert Morris University Illinois degree and are pursuing a master’s degree at Roosevelt. The program, to commence with the 2023–24 academic year, provides a 15% tuition discount to both part-time and full-time students in select programs.
Roosevelt offers more than 45 master’s degree programs across its four colleges: Chicago College of Performing Arts; College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences; College of Science, Health and Pharmacy; and Heller College of Business. Qualified undergraduate students currently have access to 19 accelerated master’s degree programs—allowing them to obtain both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University in an abbreviated period of time.
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