The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has forged an enduring collaboration with Partners in Education. The two organizations regularly co-host workshops for area students and are now exploring new joint programming opportunities. Santa Barbara-based Partners in Education is dedicated to preparing youth for college, career, or simply the next grade by creating skill-building opportunities for… Read more »
Assistance League of Santa Barbara has been a potent force for good countywide for three-quarters of a century. For more than a decade, its community betterment work has included active support of local college students in partnership with the Scholarship Foundation. Established in 2013, the Assistance League of Santa Barbara Scholarship Fund, administered by the… Read more »
Pam Lopker made a fateful decision as a senior at UC Santa Barbara more than 40 years ago. Worried that her studies in mathematics and economics may not lead to gainful employment once she graduated, she enrolled in computer programming classes. The rest, as they say, is history. QAD, the software company she founded two… Read more »
When public health developments took an especially ominous turn in March, one local company sprang into action. Hardy Diagnostics, a Santa Maria-based medical-device manufacturer, hasn’t let up since. “Over the last six months, Hardy Diagnostics has been working six days a week, two or three shifts per day, to produce Viral Transport Media kits for… Read more »
Casa Dorinda is famous the world over for its magnificent architecture and gardens. Less well known is its longstanding, generous support of the many college students in its midst…
A beloved figure in the community, Monte Brown was by all accounts a man of exceptional kindness and great personal warmth. Those who knew him best say Monte also had an abiding passion for music…
Aldrich “Archy” Clark-Sanchez was in sixth grade when the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara first partnered with ExxonMobil to support students pursuing math- or science-related degrees…
The nursing program at CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) enjoyed another clean sweep in 2017: For the fourth time in recent years its graduates scored a 100 percent pass rate on the state licensing exam…
When Santa Ynez local Gillian Micale joined the Engineering Bowling Group at Santa Barbara City College, she never imagined it might be an activity that got her into Stanford…
For over 50 years, Mr. Towbes was a pillar of the Santa Barbara community, both in business and philanthropy. He was the founder and chairman of the board of The Towbes Group, a construction and property management …
