The Retired Faculty-Staff Association created a scholarship fund in 1983 and awarded the first scholarship five years later in 1988. Members and friends donate to that endowment, which has a market value of over $1,000,000. Available income from that fund varies, depending on prevailing interest rates and market conditions.
Click Here to See Our Current Scholarship Recipients
The UT Office of Student Financial Services administers the Fund and selects recipients based on merit and financial need. Among the scholarships awarded are those named in honor of the following: Dr. Stanley Arbingast, Dr. William T. (Bill) Belt, Dr. Peter and Priscilla Flawn, Drs. Benjamin and Dorothy Fruchter, Dr. Robert E. Greenwood, Dr. Margaret Colyer Kirkner, and Dr. John and Helen McKetta.
2023-2024 Recipients
- Devin Wallets (Psychology, Junior)
- Bill Geng (Biology, Sophomore)
- Nicole Casaca-Watkins (Psychology, Junior)
- Angela New (Radio-Television-Film and Entrepreneurship, Sophomore)
- Breyona Mitchell (English and Studio Art double major, Junior)
- Louis Cao (Business Analytics/McCombs Success Scholar and Computational Science and Engineering and Elements of Computing)
- Bilal Choudhry (Business, Sophomore)
- Janny Li (Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Senior)
- Lucas Lin (Biology, Healthcare Reform and Innovation, Sophomore)
- Santino Hassett (Chemical Engineering, Sophomore)
- Shihao Fan (Exercise Science and Allied Health Professions, Junior)
- Zayana Uddin (Psychology and Art History, Senior)
- Olivia Willemsen (Psychology and Business, Sophomore)
Previous Years Recipients
Contribute to RFSA Scholarships
Double your donation! RFSA will provide one-to-one matching funds from its operating fund for donations to the RFSA Scholarship Fund, up to a total amount of $10,000. All donations beyond the matching funds $10,000 will still be welcomed.
Contribute To RFSA Scholarships
Members, including first-year retirees and non-members as well, are encouraged to contribute to the Scholarship Fund, RFSA’s main service project, which helps support needy undergraduates.
In addition to undesignated donations, the scholarship endowment benefits from gifts made in memory or honor of family, friends and colleagues; in celebration of particular events; and estate donations.
Please consider making a contribution to the scholarship fund – it will make a difference in a student’s life!
Donate By Check
Checks should be made payable to The University of Texas at Austin and mailed to the following address:
Carol Barrett
RFSA Coordinator
Texas Exes
P.O. Box 7278
Austin, Texas 78713
Donate Online
You are also able to donate online though the UT Online Giving website
When you click on the link above, the “Gift Designation” line should read “Retired Faculty-Staff Association”. Enter the amount you wish to give and complete the rest of the information requested. You will receive an electronic acknowledgement from UT and a written acknowledgement from RFSA in the mail.