About our Founder,
Arthur J. Schmitt
GRADUATE PROGRAMS:
Graduate school Schmitt Scholars excel in many different acadmic disciplines. Their commonality is their desire to have their high level academic research make a deep and meaningful difference in their field and the world.
COLLEGE PROGRAMS:
Undergraduate Schmitt Scholars are accomplished students who take on leadership projects to both learn and do. Examples include creating new playgrounds, holding fundraising events, launching educational seminars, to name only a few.
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS:
High School Schmitt Scholars earn scholarships to private Chicago schools, participate in intensive tutoring, college readiness, and leadership/team building to nurture each Scholar's sense of self and identity and one's connection to community.
Believing that skilled, educated and compassionate leaders will build a better future for all,The Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation supports leadership development programs for selected high school, college and graduate students in the Chicago-land area. Through collaborative partnerships with these grantees, Schmitt Scholars are challenged to embrace the philosophy of our founder,
"figure out out a place for yourself in the world, and then do something about it."
