Because of its long history and the close-knit community that it fosters, graduates of today’s Berry Scholars Program are unusually committed to the University, and particularly to the University Honors Programs. The endowed Dr. Patrick F. Palermo Honors Program Founders Fund is an example of an alumni-supported endeavor.

This Fund was established in 2004 and provides “annual support in perpetuity for Honors and Berry Scholars students undertaking Honors Thesis projects that involve international research, service and leadership in the community, or which advance the realization of a just society, all of which are...characteristic of the University’s distinctive approach to enhanced higher education in the Catholic and Marianist tradition.”

Application information is still to be determined.