Keck Graduate Institute Receives $1 Million Grant.CLAREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1998-`-Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, a new graduate school dedicated to applied life sciences in the Claremont Consortium of Colleges, Tuesday announced it has received a $1 million grant from The Fletcher Jones
Sir (David) Fletcher Jones OBE (14 August 1895 - 22 February 1977) was an Australian clothing manufacturer and retailer, and a pioneer in workforce participation. Foundation to help build infrastructure for its new campus. The institute plans to direct half of the $1 million grant to preconstruction costs. The remaining $500,000 will be used for equipment and furnishings for new faculty. "This is a significant and positive development that will keep us on schedule for offering classes in the fall of 1999," said Henry E. Riggs, president of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences (short KGI) is a small graduate school in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1997 through a startup grant of $50 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation. KGI is a member of the Claremont Colleges. . "We welcome this partnership with The Fletcher Jones Foundation to establish an exciting new approach to life science education." The Fletcher Jones Foundation, established in 1969, sponsors programs that promote higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. , with special emphasis on private colleges and universities in California This is a list of colleges and universities in California. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education, meaning tertiary, quaternary, and, in some cases, post-secondary education. . The foundation is funded by gifts from Fletcher Jones and his estate. The Keck v. i. 1. To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit. [ imp. & p. p. os> r>; p. pr. & vb. n. os> n. 1. An effort to vomit; queasiness. Graduate Institute is a member of the Claremont Consortium of Colleges, which includes five undergraduate colleges and two graduate institutions. The consortium offers students the personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. education characterized by small, private institutions, as well as the expansive physical facilities and wide selection of courses, faculty, student services and extracurricular activities of a university. Founded in March 1997, the Keck Graduate Institute is dedicated to the training of applied life sciences professionals who can synthesize To create a whole or complete unit from parts or components. See synthesis. knowledge of biology, chemistry, engineering and business to turn the vast potential of the life sciences into applied technologies to better the human race. The institute will offer innovative, focused and interdisciplinary graduate-level programs to prepare highly qualified students for responsible, professional careers in life-science-based organizations. The institute will begin offering classes in the fall of 1999.
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