President Pescovitz gifts $1 million dollars to fund scholarship for future leaders
President Pescovitz presenting at Monday’s Board of Trustees meeting. Her commitment of $1 million is meant to help propel future leaders.
This past week, Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz announced that she has gifted $1 million dollars to OU in the form of a scholarship that will be administered by the OU Honors College.
Dr. Graeme Harper, dean of the OU Honors College, told The Detroit News, “this magnificent new scholarship has the potential to change the world for the better through students right here on our campus.”
Over her tenure as president, Pescovitz’s philanthropy has reached a total of $1.78 million dollars since she began leading the university in 2017. Endowments to the university include the Malouf, Pescovitz, Ruchim Family Endowment for Global Student Experiences; the Rabbi Richard G. and Bella Hirsch Faculty Endowment for Racial and Social Justice Endowment; and the Bella Rozencweig Hirsch Endowment for Biomedical Ethics
The “Pescovitz Presidential Scholarship” is intended for high-achieving, creative and innovative students who will become the next leaders in business, civic affairs, and the community. Dr. Pescovitz hopes that this will assist in making OU the “university of choice” in the region and bolster community success.
“I want the most competitive students to consider Oakland University as their university of choice. I’ve given contributions in a variety of areas, but this particular gift is to attract the most competitive and talented and entrepreneurial and creative students who I believe will become the future leaders in our country through Oakland [University],” Pescovitz said.
For students entering/enrolling at OU starting next fall, this scholarship will be available to four to five students. In four years, the scholarship endowment will be available to 16 to 20 students annually. To qualify, students must demonstrate intellectual vision and creativity, an ability to solve problems and a commitment to improving their communities, according to Oakland University News.
For more information regarding the “Pescovitz Presidential Scholarship,” please view the following link: https://www.oakland.edu/oumagazine/news/president/2021/ou-presidents-1m-gift-for-scholarships-cultivates-next-generation-of-leaders-
Jordan Tolbert • Oct 13, 2021 at 5:39 PM
Not “philanthropy” LMAO. How much extra in tuition did you make from tuition raises? And didn’t OU cut all of the need-based scholarships…? So you’re cutting University need-based scholarships and creating scholarships for… the Honors College?!?!
This hurts minorities so much more than any of you realize… Maybe we should focus on creating scholarships and programs to help minorities. And maybe not cutting scholarships in the first place!
Black students here on average graduate in four years at a rate of EIGHT percent… 8% of black students graduate in four years!! And you chose to create scholarships that will probably only help a small amount of students and probably mostly white students. And probably mostly upper class students!!
Absolutely ridiculous, Ora.
Anonymous • Oct 14, 2021 at 12:42 PM
Even the most powerful hallucinogen will not allow me to envision the admins who care about black students or, frankly, anybody outside of their caste. The disgust this administration evokes has no upper bound.
Anonymous • Oct 13, 2021 at 10:58 AM
In light of how faculty members have just been treated, it looks like a fancy lighting fixture in a house without electricity.
AnonymousToo • Oct 14, 2021 at 3:21 PM
“The narcissist flaunts (her) charitable nature as a bait. (S)he impresses others with his selflessness and kindness and thus lures them into (her) lair, entraps them, and manipulates and brainwashes them into subservient compliance and obsequious collaboration. People are attracted to the narcissist’s larger than life posture – only to discover (her) true personality traits when it is far too late. ‘Give a little to take a lot’ – is the narcissist’s creed.”
https://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/malignant-self-love/the-misanthropic-altruist-philanthropy-as-sadistic-narcissism
Anonymous • Oct 14, 2021 at 7:46 PM
Exactly that! The whole cabinet seems to be comprised of narcissists.