The Nina Scholars Program

The Nina Scholars Program is available to students at all Maricopa County Community Colleges with the exception of Rio Salado. This program provides a unique opportunity where students from disadvantaged backgrounds can obtain the resources and financial support needed in order to successfully complete their college education. The Nina Scholars program provides each student with an academic advisor/mentor, as well as a student mentor. This program covers full tuition, fees, and books. It also includes a $2,750 annual living allowance. The Nina Scholars program is highly focused on all aspects of the success of its student participants.

The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust was established upon the death of Nina Mason Pulliam on March 26, 1997, to provide 50 years of support to the causes she loved in her home states of Arizona and Indiana.

The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust seeks to help people in need, especially women, children, and families; to protect animals in nature; and to enrich community life in the metropolitan areas of Indianapolis and Phoenix.

In 2001, the Trust established the Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholars program in tribute to the life and values of its benefactress. Participating schools are Arizona State University, Maricopa Community Colleges, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and Ivy Tech State College-Indianapolis Campus.

Quotes About Nina Mason Pulliam and Education:

"Without a good education, Nina maintained, you could not go very far in life." -Nancy M. Russell Trustee Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

"Under Nina Mason Pulliam's guidance, the newspapers of Indianapolis and Phoenix always had a very active scholarship program for employees' children, newspaper carriers and children in these communities." -Frank E. Russell Trustee Chairman Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

"Nina would like to be remembered for her service to humanity, for her interest in people and their education." -Frank E. Russell Trustee Chairman Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

"Education was an important part of Nina's belief system. Nina recognized that education was the way to validate yourself, to grow to achieve the goals that you had set for yourself. That it opened people's minds. That it made people more conversant with each other. That education was the first thing you needed to do for yourself." -Carol Peden Schatt Trustee Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

"The Nina Scholars is, hopefully, a living legacy to Mrs. Pulliam because education is a tool. It's a tool for people who've had many challenges in their life to realize their dreams and the dreams for their children." -Harriet Ivey President and Chief Executive Officer Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

"Nina was a strong believer in education. She made sure I went to college and she encouraged other children to go to college through the many scholarships she provided." -Joe Peden Nephew of Nina Mason Pulliam

"Nina Pulliam felt that education was the foremost thing for anybody and provided equality to the races, it provided equality to the sexes. If you had education you could stand on your own two feet." -William R. Shovers Former Community Relations Director Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.