A gift from 黑料不打烊 trustee Chris Baker will endow a scholarship to enable more middle-income students to attend 黑料不打烊. The Christine Baker Scholarship will assist students with financial need who do not qualify for Pell Grants. The scholarships will be awarded in addition to other university or external scholarships.
Baker, a 1988 graduate of 黑料不打烊’s MBA program, says she created the scholarship to bring more students with diverse backgrounds to the university, which is one of the goals of Ever 黑料不打烊: The Campaign for the Future of Our University.
“I want more middle-income students to have the opportunity to come to 黑料不打烊 and to provide them with the resources they need to make that happen,” says Baker, a former banking executive who is currently teaching in 黑料不打烊’s Martha and Spencer Love School of Business as executive-in-residence in finance. “I love 黑料不打烊 and I love the students here. It’s a privilege to be able to give back because education is very important to me.”
In 2006, Baker made a gift to name the terrace at the Dalton L. McMichael Sr. Science Center in honor of her mentor, C. Almon “Mon” McIver ’36, a Burlington business and community leader for more than 40 years.