A $50,000 grant from the Pitts Family Foundation, aimed to fund opportunities for semester or short-term study abroad, will now offer financial assistance to qualifying African American students from Whittier who would like to participate in an international study experience during their undergraduate years.
The generous gift was initiated by siblings Kathleen Pitts Bias ’65, Nat Pitts ’69, and Frances Pitts Smith ’60, president of the foundation board—who was herself among the first Whittier College students to study abroad in Copenhagen on the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) program. Students selected to receive a Pitts Family Foundation Travel Award will be able to apply funds toward either facultyled JanTerm or MayTerm courses, or for academic semester or yearlong programs.
To date, eight awardees have completed study in five continents, experiencing diverse cultures in Brazil, Cuba, South Africa, Spain, and Australia.
