Delaware State University is receiving more than a million dollars to help nontraditional students.
The Bernard Osher Foundation is awarding the school with the largest ever private grant to the university in its 123-year history.
The $1,050,000 grant permanently establishes Del State’s Osher Reentry Scholarship endowment. Scholarships are awarded to students over the age of 25 who have started a degree but have been out of school for more than five years. They can also be given to those students over 25 who have never have but want to begin a degree.
The Osher Foundation has been providing scholarships to DSU students for the past two years. Officials with the organization say that Del State’s successful administration of those grants led to them deciding to permanently establish the endowment.
