Whitehurst family's $25M gift expands support for first-generation, limited-income Rice undergraduate students
August 17, 2026
August 17, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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Whitehurst family's $25M gift expands support for first-generation, limited-income Rice undergraduate students
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Rice University has received a $25 million gift from university trustee James "Jim" Whitehurst '89 and his wife, Lauren Whitehurst, to establish the Sallyport Fellows Program, a comprehensive initiative supporting first-generation . . .
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Whitehurst family's $25M gift expands support for first-generation, limited-income Rice undergraduate students
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Rice University has received a $25 million gift from university trustee James "Jim" Whitehurst '89 and his wife, Lauren Whitehurst, to establish the Sallyport Fellows Program, a comprehensive initiative supporting first-generation . . .