SPOKANE, Wash. — A $1.5 million gift will permanently endow Whitworth University’s honors program and expand research opportunities for students studying humanities.
The Roy and Bess Mullet Fund and Paul Mullet donated the money to endow the George F. Whitworth Honors Program, university officials announced Sunday.
“This endowment will expand our ability to support rigorous, humanities-based undergraduate research while furthering Whitworth’s mission to educate both mind and heart,” said Whitworth Provost John Pell.
The donation will expand the program’s Democracy Lab, which adapts STEM research practices to humanities projects focused on civic engagement.
Paul Mullet made the gift after witnessing his daughter Melinda’s experience at Whitworth.
The gift reflects his parents’ philanthropic values of supporting individuals rather than causes, grounded in their Mennonite faith.
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