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DONORS OFFER SUPPORT TO ACCOUNTING STUDENTS AND DEPARTMENT “
According to College Factual, CWU’s accounting program is in the top 15% of all colleges and universities across the country. With many students choosing this as their field of study, CWU accounting alumnus David Schelert (’81) and his wife TJ wanted to establish support for accounting students and the program itself that would benefit students for generations to come. “We don’t want people to be left behind just because they don’t have funds” said David. “I always knew I wanted to be an accountant, and my high school counselor told me about a full-ride scholarship at Central called the Central Investment Fund which I ended up being a recipient of. Now I want to give back to support current and future students.” David and TJ committed $51,000 to the College of Business to fund the David and TJ Schelert Endowed Scholarship and provide funding to the department research lab, Vital.
Rather than just helping one person through scholarship, we thought it would help all business students if we also supported Vital,” said David. “We thought that even though we might not be giving enough money to help all students individually, we could support a product that could benefit all students.”
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