Former President George H.W. Bush remains active in affairs at Texas A&M's Bush School of Government. This connection allows him and his wife to regularly interact with current and former students like Joy Jauer '11, a public service and administration graduate.
To commemorate the 90th birthday of the United States’ 41st president, George H.W. Bush, members of the Bush School Former Student Network established a $41,000 endowed scholarship at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.
The Bush School Former Student Scholarship Program will fund general scholarships to support students at The Bush School, a professional college offering master’s level education for those aspiring to careers in public service.
Fundraising efforts were led by former Bush School international affairs graduates Maj. Tyson Voelkel ’96 and Katie Kaufman ’07, who say that the scholarship will entice and assist high-achieving students.
“The Bush School’s rigorous curriculum, combined with a focus on leadership development and the influence of the school’s namesake, creates an atmosphere that is very rare in schools of public policy and administration,” Voelkel said.
Ryan Crocker, dean and executive professor at The Bush School, says this scholarship is simply an extension of the school’s mission statement: “to educate principled leaders in public and international affairs, conduct research and perform service.”
This article was originally published in the fall 2014 issue of Spirit magazine.
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You can support the Texas A&M Bush School of Government and Public Service with a gift of an endowment to the Texas A&M Foundation. For additional information about how to benefit the Bush School, contact Jessica McCann '07, with the Foundation at (800) 392-3310, (979) 458-8035 or jmccann@txamfoundation.com.
