BOSTON (CBS) – A scholarship fund has been established for slain journalist James Foley at Marquette University. 
 
 Foley graduated from the Wisconsin university in 1996. 
 
 The fund has been established in the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication. 
 
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 Foley was kidnapped while covering the conflict in Syria in 2012 and murdered after being held captive for almost two years. ISIS militants say they killed Foley in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes against them in northern Iraq. 
 
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 ||||| James Foley's family has established a journalism scholarship on his behalf. Foley attended Marquette University, graduating with an undergraduate degree in the arts in 1996. The James Foley Scholarship will be in the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication. 
 
 The funds donated to the scholarship will go to "provide financial assistance for a communications student who otherwise would be unable to attend Marquette," said the Foley family in a statement. 
 
 Beyond funding, the scholarship will also provide a mentoring program. The program will be staffed by Foley's family and friends. These mentors will encourage students at Marquette to follow in Foley's footsteps by providing "a voice for people whose stories would otherwise go untold." ||||| Remembering James Foley 
 
 Working with the family and friends of James Foley, Arts '96, Marquette University has established the James Foley Scholarship in the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication. 
 
 
 
 To contribute via mail, make checks payable to Marquette University – James Foley Scholarship Fund. 
 
 
 
 Send checks to: 
 
 Marquette University 
 
 University Advancement 
 
 P.O. Box 1881 
 
 Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
– Future journalism of students at Wisconsin's Marquette University will get some help from a scholarship fund in honor of James Foley. The American journalist executed by the Islamic State graduated from the school in 1996, CBS News reports, and his family has helped establish a scholarship to "provide financial assistance for a communications student who otherwise would be unable to attend Marquette," per The Wire. A mentoring program will also be created "to help build upon the convictions that drove Jim's passion: to provide a voice for people whose stories would otherwise go untold," according to the family's statement. Meanwhile, his parents have released the last email from Foley's captors.