The foundation sought to provide significant financial support to students at a time when many families are grappling with how to pay for college. Mildred and Jube, who were both schoolteachers, helped finance the college educations of dozens of students during their lifetimes through donations to their respective alma maters.

The foundation’s said its financial commitment would last five years and would help Syracuse University’s Newhouse School journalism students pay for travel to work on reporting projects or attend conferences, and costs related to internships.

“This donation by the Mildred and Jube Foundation is so impactful because the funds support our student journalists as they prepare for careers in the newsroom and follow in the footsteps of alumni like Jube Shiver” Jr., Newhouse Dean Mark J. Lodato said. “We are so appreciative of the foundation’s generosity.”

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