CCAPS Scholarship Awards
Construction Management students have access to a number of scholarship opportunities administered at college level by the CCAPS Scholarship Committee. Awards are approved by the committee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | 26 | 15 | $47,300 |
| 2022–2023 | 42 | 30 | $62,800 |
| 2021–22 | 56 | 24 | $50,502 |
| 2020−21 | 42 | 22 | $43,650 |
| 2019−20 | 51 | 23 | $49,750 |
In AY 2023–24, a total of 15 Construction Management students received 26 scholarships amounting to a total of $47,300. Of those, three different CCAPS scholarship funds provided ten awards to nine students totaling $17,000.
Sixteen awards to 11 students totaling $30,300 were provided from CCAPS Construction Management-specific scholarship funds. CCAPS Construction Management scholarships have been awarded since 2011. The funds awarded in AY 2023–24 were:
- APi Group Inc. Scholarship
- BAS Construction and Facilities Management Scholarship
- CFMA Scholarship (Construction Financial Management Association)
- Hilger Leadership Award<
- JE Dunn Construction Scholarship
- Knutson Construction Scholarship
- McGough Construction Scholarship
- MSP-IFMA Scholarship (Minneapolis/Saint Paul Chapter of the International Facility Management Association)
- 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
- International Facility Management Association (IFMA): 1 scholarship
- Minnesota Builders Exchange (MBEX): 2 scholarships
- Minnesota Construction Association (MCA): 1 scholarship
Fundraising Academic Year 2023–24/FY 2024
July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024
The University of Minnesota College of Continuing and Professional Studies Construction Management Program received a total of $15,521.96 in charitable gifts during FY 2024. A few highlights:
Pura Vida Winter Social: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
The Pura Vida Winter Social was held in the President’s Room of Coffman Memorial Union, serving as a platform to celebrate the experiences and accomplishments of the most recent, January 2024 Pura Vida Study Abroad attendees. It was also an opportunity to bring students, alumni, and advisory board members together to hear the impact of the trip and spend time expanding their professional networks. Tied to this event, there was a We ❤ Pura Vida crowdfunding campaign for Valentine’s Day for event attendees who were not students to support next year’s study abroad experience. We raised $250 from the crowdfunding campaign.
Celebrating 25 Years of Construction Management Alumni: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
The Celebrating 25 Years of Construction Management Alumni was held at the Lindahl Founders Room at Northrop. The event was originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 30th, but due to building closures on-campus, we had to reschedule the event. The event was intended to be festive and commemorative - bringing advisory board members, staff, faculty, alumni, and recent May 2024 graduates together.
The event had formal remarks from Dean Stine, Peter Hilger, Paul Kolias (advisory board chair), and Bill Scherling (one of the first CMGT graduates in 1999). As a part of the registration page, we shared that the event was free to attend, but there was an option to make a gift to the Hard Hat Challenge. We raised $1,662 from the optional registration donations, directed to the Hard Hat Challenge from 23 donors.
Hard Hat Challenge
In spring 2024, we invited our alumni to give to the Hard Hat Challenge, to support the Construction and Facilities Management Scholarship fund. A total of $4,068 was raised by 32 donors, primarily alumni of the program, to support students for fall 2024, via the online crowdfunding campaign. Cumulatively, including the optional event registration donations, we raised $5,780 from 57 donors. Counting a matching gift from Peter Hilger, we raised a total of $8,280.
Fundraising for the Construction Management Program: Last Five Years
| Fiscal Year | Total Dollars Raised | Corporate Donors & Dollars | Individual Donors & Dollars | Total Donors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2023−24 | $15,651.96** | 14 / $8,601.96** | 60 / $7,050** | 74** |
| FY 2022−23 | $15,177* | 8 / $8,330 * | 58 / $6,847* | 66* |
| 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* |
* Refer to FY 2022-23 report for breakdown of gifts
** Breakdown of giving for FY 2023–24 (some donors gave more than once and to more than one fund - each gift given is counted as 1 donor):
- 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
- 63 donors = $9,511.96 to the Construction & Facilities Management Scholarship Fund
- 7 donors = $5,510.00 to the Construction & Facilities Management Program Fund
- 1 donor = $250 to the Pura Vida Study Abroad Program Fund
- 2 donors = $250 to the Construction and Facilities Management Student Association Fund (CLP)