GoDaddy founder to cover tuition for ASU undocumented students

Good news from Arizona!  A new private scholarship will cover tuition and academic coaching for 35 immigrant students at Arizona State University who are state residents but do not qualify for the in-state tuition rate under a 2006 law that prohibits the use of state funds to subsidize tuition for undocumented people. 

The ASU Foundation, the private fundraising arm of the university, announced last week the scholarship will be created thanks to a three-year, $937,000 grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation. 

The Parsons Scholarship at ASU will cover about $5,355 in each student’s annual tuition. 

Bob Parsons founded GoDaddy, which is based in Scottsdale. He sold most of his interest in the company in 2011.

KJ