April 8, 2021
A new scholarship has been established by Monmouth College alumni for first-year, first-generation college students.
Initiated by alums Nathan and Laura Gaskill, the scholarship would give preference to first-generation college-bound students from Warren, Mercer, Henderson, and Knox counties.
All recipients should be involved in Monmouth co-curricular activities and transfer students will also be eligible for the scholarship but first-year students will be given preference.
The scholarship was established after the Gaskills considered supporting Monmouth’s Light This Candle Campaign, which has a goal of raising a minimum of 75 million dollars for the school’s endowment by December 31st of next year.
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MONMOUTH Before Nathan Gaskill 04 was a partner at the accounting firm of Lauterbach & Amen in Naperville, he was a first-generation college student wondering if he d have enough money to begin and continue his Monmouth College education. First-generation college students can face a multitude of challenges, said his wife, Laura Haumiller Gaskill 06. The financial burden is often one of those barriers to entry, and one we thought we could help lighten that load.
The couple had Nathan s experience in mind when they considered supporting Monmouth s Light This Candle Campaign, which will raise a minimum of $75 million for the College s endowment by Dec. 31, 2022.