The university simultaneously is launching a new initiative to actively recruit students from among the brightest high-school seniors in the country, students of the caliber of National Merit scholars. The new scholarships will make UB all the more attractive to the best and most competitive students across the nation and help make a significant difference in their lives. Greiner said the scholarships fit well with the major emphasis that UB is giving undergraduate education. And we think that all of those elements together make for a rich, exciting, varied environment for undergraduate education - exactly the kind of setting in which the most talented students thrive. The recruitment of the most highly qualified students as Distinguished Honors Scholars will further strengthen the university as a whole, according to Greiner.
Outstanding students challenge their teachers to provide outstanding instruction.
They challenge their fellow students to achieve even more, and they become leaders among our alumni and community friends. Provost Aaron N. Bloch, who announced the gift at a press conference Jan. 4, said the scholarships initially will be administered through the University Honors Program. This very generous gift will enable it to compete financially as well. Their enrollment, in turn, will help the university attract other highly qualified students. Their selection, he added, will take into account both merit and financial need.