Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
James R. White Light Scholarship
James R. White Light Scholarship
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This scholarship is named for James R. White, an Arizona State University professor whose work in sculpture has involved emitted light since the 1960s. Thanks to your generosity, more students can pursue their degree at the Herberger Insitute for Design and the Arts.
Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
Give yourself the gift of art. It’s one of the greatest choices that you can make to enrich your life and expand your philanthropic capacity. Giving to the arts represents an investment in yourself that will yield returns full of meaning, knowledge, and joy. It’s also one of the greatest gifts that you can give AZ. What kind of a public would we be without arts and culture?”