A $2 million donation from Sam Rose ’58 will cover the full cost of four years of Dickinson tuition for five Ukrainian students who will start at the college next year. Rose has provided disadvantaged students with scholarships for many years through his multi-million dollar contributions to Dickinson. 

These scholarships will provide funding for tuition, textbooks, health insurance and virtually all other costs that arise when attending Dickinson. Rose consistently takes students on scholarships he funds under his wing, often pushing them to achieve good grades and work hard. These students will receive the same mentorship that Rose provides to his other students. 

Rose attended Dickinson through a scholarship before graduating in 1958. His experience motivated him to give back to other students. After attending the University of Baltimore School of Law, he went on to found the highly successful real estate firm Greenebaum and Associates.

“Education is a great place to make an investment…these students have endured more than a year of war in their homeland, and I’m happy to give them the opportunity to succeed with a life-changing Dickinson education to become leaders and problem-solvers,” said Rose. Rose has a personal connection to Ukraine as his maternal grandfather was born in Kyiv. 

This initiative was inspired by a conversation Vice President of College Advancement Carlo Robustelli had with Rose in Miami while on a fundraising tour. From there, President John E. Jones III said, “It was a pretty easy path to a discussion of Sam sponsoring some of the applicants.” When the idea was brought up to Rose, he immediately expressed interest in starting.

The five students who will receive scholarships were selected from “well over a dozen Ukrainian applicants,” Jones said. They were students that would not have been admitted otherwise because they had too much financial need, but were otherwise extremely strong applicants. “These were 5 students that hit all the bases,” Jones said. 

These scholarships continue an initiative started by Dickinson called The Campaign for Scholarships. The program aims to provide full funding for demonstrated financial need to every student admitted to Dickinson. To date, Rose has donated 17.8 million dollars to this initiative.