$23M donation helps expand Nebraska university STEM program

The Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation has invested more than $23 million to the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Walter Scott, Jr. Scholarship Program, known as Scott Scholars, to sustain and grow the program at the Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center.

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The program is available to students focused on STEM education and provides complete funding tuition, room and board, and additional learning opportunities for undergraduate students. 

Of the $23 million pledge, $20 million will expand enrollment capacity in the Scott Scholars Program from 128 students to 168 over the next five years, and expand a class size from 32 students to 42 each year, according to a March 12 university news release.

An additional $3 million will support the expansion of the program at UNMC. 

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