The University of Chicago: Odyssey Scholarships

will benefit more than 1,200 students in the College from low- and moderate-income families by replacing their student loans with outright grants. This visionary program was launched by an anonymous donor’s gift of $100 million. Beginning in Fall 2008, it will transform undergraduate financial aid at the University of Chicago. More

The anonymous donor gave his $100 million gift with a challenge to the University’s alumni, parents, and friends: to build a new $300 million endowment to sustain the Odyssey Scholarships after this founding gift is spent.

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The $100 million gift is a tribute to Chicago’s distinctive undergraduate education: a rigorous curriculum that confronts students with fundamental texts in their original forms, challenges them to think boldly and independently, and fosters a passion for knowledge and discovery.

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“There’s nothing greater than the opportunity to learn and to follow your passion with that knowledge. The Odyssey Scholarship Program makes this a reality for more students."

Zainab Raji, Class of 2010, CAAP Scholar

For more details, please contact Paul Seeley, Director, Odyssey Scholarship Challenge, at 773/702-8884 or odyssey@uchicago.edu.
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