Student Scholarship Fund | Houghton University

The Houghton University Student Scholarship Fund equips students with the financial resources to pursue God’s call on their lives through their Houghton education.

Giving to the Student Scholarship Fund is a powerful way to ensure Houghton’s academically challenging, Christ-centered education is affordable and accessible to students from diverse traditions and backgrounds. Every dollar given to the Student Scholarship Fund directly supports a Houghton student’s education.

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Houghton student MyaKay Bartman standing on by H on quad during beautiful fall day.

Meet MyaKay Bartman '25

Business Management major, minors in Psychology and Leadership Studies. Science Honors participant. Transitions student leader. Tennis athlete. Gifted leader. Christ-follower.

MyaKay Bartman, a member of the Class of 2025, spends her Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 11:00 to noon shepherding first-year Houghton University students through a course called Transitions. The class is designed to help new college students succeed at Houghton, challenging and equipping them to become engaged members of the Houghton community. She is a gifted leader, combining natural abilities as an influencer and an inherent sense of how to make things happen.

In her second year in this role, MyaKay has not only worked to guide and support first-year students but has also inspired new Transitions leaders in their roles. As MyaKay has grown in confidence as a leader, she is unafraid to labor alongside others to ensure the course benefits incoming students as much as possible. MyaKay talks about how her time in Dr. Matthew Webb’s Leadership Development course helped her learn to navigate the careful balance between relationships and accomplishing the task at hand. She’s become persistent in drawing out the quiet members of her group and deeply values everyone’s participation.

MyaKay, a pastor’s kid from the Penn-York District of the Wesleyan Church, came to Houghton because she had encountered Houghton representatives at district conferences and Wesleyan youth camp. The first time MyaKay set foot on campus was move-in day. While certain of her choice to attend Houghton, MyaKay wasn’t so certain about her choice of major. She spent a semester in first-year Science Honors, determining STEM fields were not for her. Over time, she’s settled into her calling in the business world and will complete her degree in Business Management with minors in Psychology and Leadership Studies in May of 2025.

Houghton student MyaKay Bartman sitting on couch in campus office space.

It was important to MyaKay to attend a Christian college in spite of financial challenges.

“I needed to figure out my faith for myself,” she shares. “I don’t just want to have my parents’ faith. I want to choose an individual relationship with God on my own.”

MyaKay works hard, looking for every opportunity to gain experience and help defray the costs of a college education. She can be found putting in hours assisting dining hall staff, filming athletic events, welcoming visitors at the Welcome Center, and interning in the Admission office. Work hours are squeezed in between tennis practices and matches and her academic studies. The Student Scholarship Fund makes a significant difference for her family; without scholarship support, a Houghton education wouldn’t be possible for MyaKay.

Houghton often speaks of a desire to shape students into scholar-servants, and MyaKay is clear evidence of that mission. She is a walking embodiment of leading and laboring to advance the Kingdom in a broken world. When you make a gift to the Student Scholarship Fund, you’re ensuring a Houghton education remains affordable and accessible for laboring leaders like MyaKay.

Please make a gift to the Student Scholarship Fund today to ensure that future scholar-servants like Christian continue to have the resources they need to access a transformational educational experience.

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