PEIRCE FAMILY MAKES TRANSFORMATIONAL GIFT TO SUPPORT DYSLEXIA EDUCATION
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Peirce Family Foundation has given nearly $9 million to two nationally renowned universities, Duquesne University and Robert Morris University, to support and extend programs focused on literacy education, with a special emphasis on dyslexia and related reading disabilities. Announced during National Dyslexia Awareness Month, the gift is the largest ever made in Pennsylvania by individuals to prepare teachers to help those with dyslexia, and among the largest gifts of such a focus ever made in the United States.
Key Points:
- This most recent Peirce gift will benefit RMU's reading clinic along with a scholarship program for passionate teachers who wish to pursue graduate-level education in reading.
- With its share of the gift, Duquesne University will establish the Bob and Joan Peirce Center for Dyslexia Education and Support in the University's School of Education.
- The Center's director will administrate the Peirce Family Scholarships in Reading and Literacy Education and oversee expanding the reach of the Duquesne University Reading Clinic.
- "The generous support from the Peirce Family Foundation has profoundly improved the ability of the Reading and Literacy Education program and the Duquesne Reading Clinic to support children with dyslexia or specific reading disabilities in our region," said Carla Meyer, associate professor of education, Program Director of the Graduate Reading Education, and director of the Duquesne Reading Clinic.