Sisters Of Mercy Awards $26K Grant To SXU For Scholarships

CHICAGO — The Sisters of Mercy West-Midwest Community has generously gifted Saint Xavier University with a $26,000 grant to support the Mercy Scholarship Program for the 2020-21 academic year. Applications will be accepted through Sept. 7.

As part of the program, five selected students will each receive a $5,000 scholarship while gaining a greater understanding of the Sisters of Mercy Critical Concerns and Call to New Consciousness through practical application of such concerns as Immigration, Racism, Women, Nonviolence and Earth, and a thoughtful cultivation of their own contemporary questions that can inform the wider culture of SXU.

“The Sisters of Mercy are vital partners in ensuring the longevity of our Mercy mission,” Associate Professor Charlene Bermele, DNP, RN, CNE, Mercy Scholarship Program director said in a news release. “This scholarship activity allows students to interact directly with the Critical Concerns to promote compassion in action while working for the direct benefit of humankind.”

To qualify for the grant, students must meet the following criteria:

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate program at the sophomore, junior or senior level at SXU;
• demonstrate considerable financial need;
• be in good disciplinary standing with the University;
• and have a minimum 3.0 GPA.

Preference will be given to DACA and undocumented students and/or students from Latinx descent, who expect to graduate in May 2021.

The application will be go live soon. Find it here on the SXU website. Interested scholarship candidates must complete and submit the application by Monday, Sept. 7. Decisions regarding the recipients will be announced in October.