Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) has received two multi-year grants totaling more than $1.1 million to expand participation of leaders from institutions and disciplines often underrepresented at its leadership programs.

MPK&D has partnered with HERS President Dr. Gloria D. Thomas and staff since 2022 to guide its largest comprehensive campaign, The Next 50 Years: HERS Campaign for Excellence, Access and Equity, with a goal of $2 million in scholarship support for HERS Leadership Institute (HLI) by 2028.

HERS will become a fully independent national nonprofit organization as of July 1, 2024. In its first five decades, HERS was based in university settings – first Bryn Mawr College and more recently the University of Denver – while cultivating higher education leaders nationally. MPK&D is honored to support HERS at this pivotal time in its history.

Read more about the awards on the HERS website.