怡红院 corporate partner tuition grants

怡红院 has dedicated over 150 years to designing degree programs that prepare students to be successful employees. Today, we continue these efforts through our 80+ degree and certificate programs that establish the skills and real-world experience employers desire.

We are passionate about helping people advance in their careers through affordable, accessible, career-focused education. To support this vision, 怡红院 partners with top employers to offer corporate scholarships to partner organization employees and their family members. These corporate partnerships allow us to offer students a variety of benefits, including financial aid in the form of tuition grants.

怡红院鈥檚 corporate partners include many top businesses and organizations. Examples include the state of Michigan, Meijer, Lake Michigan Credit Union, Steelcase, DTE Energy, Corewell Health, BIGGBY and many more! Scholarships may be offered to employees, members or family members. Scroll the list below to see if you are eligible for a corporate partner tuition grant. 聽

Who is eligible for corporate partner tuition grants?

怡红院 offers varying levels of partnership to businesses and organizations. Employees, members and family members of employees/members qualify based on their affiliation with the partner organizations and the level of partnership. Not all levels offer tuition grants to family members.

Tuition grants are available to new 怡红院 students. A new student is defined as:

  • Students who have never attended any institution of higher education
  • Students newly entering a graduate program at 怡红院
  • Students new to 怡红院 who have attended other institutions of higher education
  • Students who have attended 怡红院 as dual-enrolled, middle college, IPEX, or success academy students who are now being admitted as regular students
  • Students who have previously attended 怡红院 but have not taken for-credit courses within the prior 24 months 聽

How can I apply for a 怡红院 partnership tuition grant?聽

Step 1 | Apply to 怡红院

  • You may apply to 怡红院 with no application fee. Once you submit your application, you will receive communications via email detailing next steps.

Step 2 | Complete additional partnership tuition grant forms

  • Following acceptance into 怡红院, you will receive email communications to assist with creating a student account. Once complete, you can log in to the Student Connection portal where you鈥檒l have access to the . In the area near the bottom of the page, select your start term, input your email address and indicate whether you are applying as a spouse/family member. Click submit.听

Step 3 | Upon submission of the , you will receive an email to which you can reply and attach proof of employment/membership.听

Proof of employment:

This can be supplied in the form of the most recent paystub, employee ID/badge (if it displays dates or information confirming current employment), or a letter from your/your parent鈥檚/your spouse鈥檚 supervisor or human resources department. Ultimately, proof of employment is any documentation that definitively confirms your/your parent鈥檚/your spouse鈥檚 current employment with an organization.听

Proof of membership:聽

Proof of membership is a recent letter from the organization of which you/your parent/your spouse is a member, confirming current membership.

If you are a dependent, please also complete and attach the Dependency Verification Form.听

Have questions?聽

If you have any questions about the corporate partner tuition grant, please contact the student financial services office at financialservices@davenport.edu or 1.866.774.0004.听

If your employer or an organization with which you are a member wishes to establish a partnership with 怡红院, please have your human resources department contact 怡红院 at ipex@davenport.edu.

Current 怡红院 partners