Washington University added 429 Pell Grant eligible students between 2015-16 and 2018-19, marking the ninth-highest growth of all 128 American Talent Initiative (ATI) institutions and surpassing the University’s 2015 goal to increase the amount of undergraduate Pell-eligible students to 13% by 2020, according to a new report from the ATI.

SU formally establishes student activity fee, undergraduate student activities fee committee.

Student Union passed a memorandum to fully endow the Opportunity Fund with $300,000 Feb. 15. The Opportunity Fund provides low-income students with stipends to help them afford extracurricular activities.

With the additional funding and the developing state of the fund, it seems promising that the Opportunity Fund will continue to develop and improve.

The Opportunity Fund, a reserve used to afford stipends to qualifying low-income students to finance extracurricular activities, was launched by Student Union and Student Financial Services Nov. 27.

Student Union believes that socioeconomic status should not prevent students from having a complete undergraduate experience.

The Opportunity Fund, which will finance extracurricular involvement for qualifying low-income students, is set to launch within the next month after facing some minor logistical setbacks.

Congress of the South 40 passed legislation for an Opportunity Fund that allows students to request money to attend CS40-sponsored events. The fund comes as a result of a joint effort with Student Union to make participating in activities more feasible from students from low-income backgrounds.

The Opportunity Fund is a student-led initiative that aims to reduce the financial barriers faced by undergraduates of lower socioeconomic backgrounds, provide a source of reliable funding for extracurricular activities and thereby empower students with the opportunity to attain an equitable and fulfilling college experience.