A gift of $200,000 from Phil Jenkins, a philanthropist
from Ann Arbor, has funded additional scholarships for
graduate students in Eastern Michigan University's College
of Education. Jenkins has donated more than $500,000 to
EMU to date. His generosity supports the Jenkins-Tracy
Expendable Scholarships in the Leadership and Counseling
Department.
Jenkins hopes his gift will help address a critical shortage
of trained school administrators and counselors in Michigan
and the nation.
Two years ago, Jenkins' donation provided tuition for
16 graduate-level students.
This year, full tuition was provided for an additional
20 students in the program, funding almost 500 graduate
credit hours in total. The intent is to follow these students
for two to three consecutive years, thus providing the
necessary financial means for them to receive their master's
degrees. Scholarship recipients are selected from the EMU
on-and-off campus centers and the Weekend University, thus
enhancing opportunities for students all over southeastern
Michigan.
Jenkins-Tracy scholars for 2006-07 are: Gregory
Anglin of Belleville; LeJuana
Arrington of Detroit; Angela
Beskow of Ypsilanti; Tina
Breitner of
LaSalle; Kristin
Chiasson of Wayne; Chiara
Coburn of Redford; Kraig
Enders of Howell;
Sarah Ghotane of Wayne; Gillian
Greenbaur of
Park; Robert Howard of Byron; Kimberlee
Jackson of Redford; Jennifer
Kelley of Jackson; Jonathon
Larson of Utica; Stephanie
Meyer of Saginaw; Lindsey
Moore of Canton; Harry Pinter of
Belleville; Jennifer
Rodgers of Hillsdale; Kimberly
Sanders of Redford; Lori
Trapp of Ypsilanti; and Tyrone
Weeks of Ypsilanti.
Jenkins founded Sweepster, Inc., which manufactures attachment,
walk-behind, self-propelled and airport runway sweepers
for all types of equipment used around the world.
His philanthropy efforts also have funded the creation
of the Generations Together center in Dexter, where preschool
children and senior citizens learn daily from each other.
He is an avid supporter of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
and the Ann Arbor Neutral Zone.
