Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Dance Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dance Memorial Scholarship Fund
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The Dance Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 as a permanent endowment to support awards in the name and memory of deceased faculty and students in the department of dance. Recipients shall be outstanding and/or deserving students majoring in dance at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
Donations provided in honor of Naomi Jackson (1964–2025), pictured left, will go to a student, or students, engaged in dance studies research.
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?”