Since 2020, college students at The College of the West Indies (The UWI) pursuing levels in Psychology or associated disciplines, both on the undergraduate or graduate stage have had the chance to learn from scholarships offered by the Lisa Gore Seifart Endowment Fund.
Yearly, the fund allocates US $5000 to help qualifying college students of their educational pursuits. Nevertheless, this educational yr, the Board of The Gore Household Basis has agreed to a beneficiant a hundred percent enhance to US $10,000 in scholarship funding per yr.
Professional Vice-Chancellor of Graduate Research and Analysis at The UWI, Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee reported that enquiries about scholarships start even earlier than annual requires purposes are issued every educational yr. “We now have noticed an elevated curiosity from postgraduate college students inquiring in regards to the availability of this scholarship. Many have expressed a urgent want for monetary help given troublesome circumstances. The help of the Gore Household Basis has been instrumental in fostering educational excellence within the lives of deserving students and we’re grateful for this extra contribution which, and can improve entry to pursue UWI programmes.”
Philanthropists Phillip and Christine Gore and the Gore Household Basis established the endowment fund in honour of their daughter, the late Dr. Lisa Gore Seifart. She was a profitable scientific psychologist who was dedicated to bettering the lives of individuals coping with psychological sickness.
Commenting on the choice to extend the scholarship to US $10,000 Mrs. Christine Gore, Government Director of the Gore Household Basis, said “I’ve been impressed with the Gore students who’ve been part of this programme at The UWI, and their willingness and dedication to make use of the abilities that they’ve developed to help and provides again in our programmes. We try to supply counselling companies to so many who’re part of our programmes who want this and related help and would by no means in any other case have the chance to obtain it. We’re conscious of the good want for monetary help that exists amongst college students and can proceed to make each effort doable to help within the ways in which we will.”
The Gore Household Basis dedicatedly helps schooling improvement, significantly in Jamaica. Longstanding companions of The UWI, Phillip and Christine Gore, had been recognised by the American Basis for The College of the West Indies (AFUWI) with the distinguished Vice-Chancellor’s Award in 2016.
