Nancy Friesen Student Teaching Scholarship Fund
Your gift to the Nancy Friesen Student Teaching Scholarship Fund ensures meaningful opportunities for students with financial constraints who are passionate about completing their practicum experience in Chicago. It's a gift of access and possibility.
The Nancy Friesen Student Teaching Scholarship Fund provides essential financial support for student teachers with demonstrated need who are pursuing their teaching practicum through The Chicago Center. This scholarship fund ensures that future educators, regardless of financial circumstances, can gain critical experience in diverse urban classrooms.
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Why Support This Fund?
Teaching in an urban environment provides unique, real-world challenges and opportunities. Through the Nancy Friesen Student Teaching Scholarship, recipients will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in classrooms where they’ll encounter students from varied cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This experience is invaluable, as it equips aspiring teachers to engage, communicate, and educate effectively across differences, cultivating inclusive learning environments that meet the needs of every student.
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This scholarship honors Nancy Friesen, a beloved member of our community known for her boundless curiosity, intellectual rigor, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. Nancy’s legacy is one of fostering understanding, empathy, and lifelong learning. By supporting this fund, you’re helping to build the next generation of educators who will carry forward her passion and dedication.
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How Your Contribution Makes an Impact
Every contribution to the Nancy Friesen Student Teaching Scholarship Fund goes directly to supporting student teachers in need. Your donation will:
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Provide Access to Essential Training: Help student teachers complete their practicum in a dynamic urban setting that builds the skills, adaptability, and cultural awareness needed in today's diverse classrooms.
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Break Down Financial Barriers: Reduce the financial burden on students who may otherwise be unable to afford this life-changing experience.
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Empower the Next Generation of Educators: Equip student teachers with the tools to lead and inspire, fostering empathy and understanding in their future classrooms and communities.
$1,000
Award amount each student receives during the 16-week semester program.
$15,000
Goal amount to raise to provide the next cohort of student teachers with a scholarship.
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"Teaching is a service. You are serving communities. You are serving a school. You are serving students and parents. When I show up as a teacher every day, I try to be mindful of how my actions and words affect the kids and how that ripples out into their days, into their families.”
Maggie Walker, SP'24, Lawrence University
Ways to Give
There are many ways to give—and even more reasons to give. Your gifts are an investment in our students, academics, and our city and society. End each gift makes an immediate and lasting impact. Even more, your contributions are tax-deductible, and matching gifts may even double your gift to the Chicago Center.