Vincennes University has announced what it calls a “landmark” gift to create a faculty endowment fund.
Ro and Charles “Shorty” Whittington of Columbus, Indiana, have given the university $750,000 to bolster faculty support and foster agricultural innovation.
The faculty fund will address critical challenges in talent recruitment and retention within highly competitive fields of study, particularly agriculture.
With an initial focus on supporting faculty positions in the College of Technology and College of Business and Public Service, the fund will allocate stipends to five positions, enabling VU to attract and retain top-tier talent in these areas.
