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WPU Awarded $50,000 Grant
Warner Pacific University and the William H. and Mary L. Bauman Foundation share a demonstrated commitment to supporting education and improving student achievement. In recognition of that commitment, the Bauman Foundation recently awarded WPU a $50,000 grant in support of the Act 6 and City Builders scholarship programs.
“Now, more than ever, higher education is critical to individual success,” said President Brian Johnson, Ph.D. “Warner Pacific is committed to providing the highest level of leadership, academic, and social opportunities to diverse, first-generation, and low-income students. The Bauman Foundation’s continued support of these innovative scholarship programs will provide emerging, urban scholar-leaders a proven plan for success that will not only benefit them but our community as well.”
The Bauman Foundation’s generosity creates life‐changing opportunities for underserved, first generation college students who, rather than being selected solely based on their high school GPA or SAT scores, were nominated and selected for their demonstrated academic and leadership potential. During the current academic year, 2022‐2023, Warner Pacific University will support 13 Act Six and 27 City Builder scholars.
About the Bauman Foundation:
Born August 21, 1921, In Lancaster, PA, William Bauman moved to Oregon in 1939, and lived most of his live in the Sweet Home and Lebanon areas. In 1952, Mr. Bauman built his first lumber mill in Sweet Home. After selling the mill in 1962, he built the Bauman Lumber Company in Lebanon and later purchased the Lebanon Lumber Company. He operated the two mills for a number of years before selling the businesses to Willamette Industries in 1973. He also owned BCK Lumber Company in Oregon City which he sold to Publishers Paper Company in 1974. Mr. Bauman was a board member for the timber industry’s Forest Products Council.
He served as a board member for Western Evangelical Seminary for 30 years and as chairman of the board for nine years. He was previously a member of Evangelical Church in Sweet Home and had served on the board of trustees for the Pacific Conference of Evangelical Churches. He was a member of Valley View Evangelical Church in Clackamas. During his years in Lebanon, Mr. Bauman served as president of the local Rotary Club and was director of the Lebanon Community Hospital. He also had served as director for Home Federal Savings and Loan.
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