CCAPS Scholarship Awards
The University of Minnesota’s Construction Management Program has its collegiate home in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies. The CCAPS Scholarship Committee administers all scholarships and approves student scholarship awards on behalf of the College three times each year in fall, spring, and summer.
Construction Management students have four sources of tuition support at the University of Minnesota:
- U-wide scholarships and financial aid (including federal and state aid), a subset of which are “cooperative” scholarships that support students in two or more colleges
- College of Continuing and Professional Studies scholarships
- Construction Management-only CCAPS scholarships
- Scholarships administered by industry associations
| Academic Year | Number of Scholarships Awarded | Number of Student Recipients | Total Dollars Awarded to Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 56 | 24 | $50,502 |
| 2020−21 | 42 | 22 | $43,650 |
| 2019−20 | 51 | 23 | $49,750 |
| 2018−19 | 39 | 25 | $49,750 |
| 2017−18 | 56 | 32 | $76,950 |
In AY 2021–22, a total of 24 Construction Management students received 56 scholarships amounting to a total of $50,206. Of those, two different CCAPS scholarship funds provided nine awards to five students totaling $16,102.
Forty-seven awards to 22 students totaling $36,400 were provided from CCAPS Construction Management-specific scholarship funds. CCAPS Construction Management scholarships have been awarded since 2011. The funds awarded in AY 2021–22 were:
- APi Group Inc. Scholarship
- CFMA Scholarship (Construction Financial Management Association)
- Construction and Facilities Management Scholarship
- Hilger Leadership Award
- JE Dunn Construction Scholarship
- Knutson Construction Scholarship
- Mary Schweiger McNellis Scholarship
- McGough Construction Scholarship
- MSP-IFMA Scholarship (Minneapolis/Saint Paul Chapter of the International Facility Management Association)
- Opus Design Build Scholarship
- PCL Construction Management Scholarship
Industry Scholarships
In addition, nine scholarship awards were made to five University of Minnesota Construction Management students by the following industry associations for the 2021−22 academic year.
- Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Minnesota: 3 scholarships
- Association of Women's Contractors (AWC): 1 scholarship
- Minnesota Construction Association (MCA): 2 scholarships
Fundraising Academic Year 2021–22/FY 2022
July1, 2021–June 30, 2022
The University of Minnesota College of Continuing and Professional Studies Construction Management Program received a total of $43,671.678* in charitable gifts during FY 2022. In spring 2022, Peter Hilger invited our alumni once again to the Hard Hat Challenge, to support the Construction and Facilities Management Scholarship fund. More than 60 donors, primarily alumni of the program, raised more than $4,000 to support students for fall 2022. Check out the Hard Hat Challenge 2022 video.
Fundraising for the Construction Management Program: Last Five Years
| Fiscal Year | Total Dollars Raised | Corporate Donors & Dollars | Individual Donors & Dollars | Total Donors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021−22 | $43,671.67* | 2/$1,500 | 91/$42,171.67* | 93* |
| 2020−21 | $14,248.28* | 6/$6,524.28 | 80/$7,724* | 86* |
| 2019–20 | $11,429* | 5/$7,000 | 13/$4,429* | 18* |
| 2018–19 | $10,200 | 1/$3,000 | 12/$7,200 | 13 |
| 2017–18 | $5,550 | 0/$0 | 5/$5,550 | 5 |
*Breakdown of giving for FY 2021–22:
- 1 donor =$130 to the CCAPS Study Abroad Scholarship Fund, which primarily supports students who attend the Pura Vida Study Abroad experience hosted by the Construction Management program at CCAPS
- 4 donors = $1,650 to the Construction & Facilities Management Program Fund
- 21 donors = $34,942.39 to the Hilger Leadership Award
- 67 donors = $6,949.28 to the Construction & Facilities Management Scholarship fund