Littleton, Colo. – Denver Seminary has received a renewed grant of $50,000 from the Windgate Foundation to provide scholarships for students pursuing their Master of Arts in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling at Denver Seminary.

The Windgate Counseling Scholarship is awarded to full-time students with demonstrated financial needs pursuing a career in counseling. This multi-year award provides scholarships for five full-time counseling students annually for two years.

In 2014, the Windgate Foundation established the Windgate Counseling Scholarshipat Denver Seminary to provide financial assistance to graduate students preparing to meet the mental health needs of people in communities around the world through clinical mental health counseling.  

“The Windgate Counseling Scholarship plays a vital role in bringing exceptional students to Denver Seminary, supporting their journey to becoming skilled counselors who make a difference in schools, with families, and in communities.” – Dr. Paula Tipton, Counseling Division chair and associate professor of Counseling.

“Our counseling graduates are making an impact across the U.S. and worldwide in a variety of settings. The excellence in education, clinical training, and personal development that our students experience is made possible thanks to the generous support of partners like the Windgate Foundation.”

Support from the Windgate Foundation helps ease the financial burden of graduate school. This financial relief enables counseling graduates to step directly into their careers, offering much-needed services to individuals and communities, added Tipton.

Denver Seminary’s Master of Arts in Counseling program allows for concentrations in clinical mental health, school counseling, or both. This degree prepares students for work in multiple counseling fields and infuses solid counseling foundations with sound biblical and theological teaching.

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling concentrations are accredited by Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The accreditation provides recognition that the content and quality of the program have been evaluated and meet standards set by the counseling profession.

For more information, contact Andrea Weyand, senior director of Communications, at Andrea.Weyand@DenverSeminary.edu or 720.492.0240.

About Windgate Foundation
Windgate Foundation was established in 1993 and is a private, family foundation based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Windgate’s goal is to advance contemporary craft and strengthen visual arts education in the United States. The foundation also supports children and youth in the State of Arkansas.

About Denver Seminary
Denver Seminary is a non-denominational graduate school of theology located in Littleton, Colo. The Seminary’s mission is to prepare men and women to engage the needs of the world with the redemptive power of the gospel and the life-changing truth of Scripture. Established in 1950, Denver Seminary offers on-campus, fully online, and hybrid degree programs, and has an extension campus in Washington DC and a Korean Global Program. In addition, the Seminary offers programming for lay ministry through its Hispanic Programs and Black Church Programs.