It’s been less than six months since Michigan State University (MSU) students David Spitzer, Adam Root and Joseph Brummitt launched Spartanicity, but they’re already rolling out another new venture.
The three recently received nonprofit status for Student Solutions, a nonprofit designed to offset the rising cost of higher education. Student Solutions will provide $1,000 tuition scholarships and $500 textbook scholarships for qualified Michigan students.
“We wanted to do something where we could help MSU students because the Promise Scholarship got cut and the economy is so bad and tuition got raised. So we thought a nonprofit that gave money to students would be good,” Spitzer says.
Students Solutions scholarships are available to students attending public and private Michigan-based colleges and universities. Students will have to apply for the scholarships and the first round of scholarships will be awarded in the summer 2010 or fall 2010 semester.
So far, the Student Solutions team has raised $10,000 in scholarship funding.
“I think our first-year goal is $40,000, and the second year is $100,000,” Spitzer says about fundraising goals.
David Spitzer, Adam Root and Joseph Brummitt launched Spartanicity, a product delivery service for MSU students in the fall.
“Spartanicity is doing really well,” Spitzer says. “We just started delivering text books for the student book store.”
Brummitt is a recent MSU graduate. Spitzer and Root graduate this spring.
Source: David Spitzer, Student Solutions
Writer: Ivy Hughes
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