Robert H. Shaffer Memorial Fund

School of Education - Bloomington

Throughout his career, Dr. Robert Shaffer pursued a simple but important goal: to encourage the personal and professional development of those with whom he came into contact. Gifts to this fund provide vital scholarship support for students in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program within the School of Education, so they may go on to serve as leaders in the education field.

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Robert H. Shaffer Memorial Fund

School of Education - Bloomington

Throughout his career, Dr. Robert Shaffer pursued a simple but important goal: to encourage the personal and professional development of those with whom he came into contact. Gifts to this fund provide vital scholarship support for students in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program within the School of Education, so they may go on to serve as leaders in the education field.

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Dr. Robert Shaffer was a highly respected higher education scholar and faculty member whose 40-year career at IU included the role of Dean of Students, in which he helped create a campus climate that valued freedom of speech and diversity of opinion. He touched the lives of thousands of students, directly by his kindly and wise advice, and indirectly by the benefit of an enriched campus life. The measure of his contribution is in this lasting influence, and in the lives of professionals throughout the country whose careers he has helped to advance, both personally and through his impact on the field of student personnel administration.

Thank you for honoring Dr. Shaffer’s legacy of service by helping prepare the next generation of higher education professionals!

Your giving matters

A headshot of Madeline Stephens, Higher Education and Student Affairs student and scholarship recipient.

I am so grateful for this scholarship and the opportunity to continue my studies at IU. Giving up my full-time job to return to academia as a full-time graduate student was a difficult financial decision, but one I knew would serve my long-term aspirational career goals. This scholarship helped me support myself through the program and ease some of that burden.

Madeline Stephens Higher Education and Student Affairs student and scholarship recipient

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Please note, the name and purpose of the fund displayed on this page constitute the authorized description of the fund by the Indiana University Foundation, Inc. Your gift supports the fund as described herein.