News - Pursuit of Excellence Scholarship Foundation

POE Pathway to Success

Mar 20, 2020

Pursuit of Excellence: making futures bright for over 30 years

Jun 25, 2017

Nearly 40 students receive Pursuit of Excellence scholarships on SF Peninsula

Jun 12, 2017

Jerry and Dick Smallwood: Couple sets up scholarship fund, the gift that keeps on giving

May 6, 2016

Avenidas honors seven with ‘Lifetime of Achievement’ awards

Feb 6, 2016

Founder of POE, Jerry and Dick Smallwood, won the Avenidas Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016

Palo Alto group awards 25 college scholarships

Jul 28, 2014

‘Pursuit of Excellence’ grants aimed at needy students at four-year colleges

Palo Alto scholarship program honors grads

Jun 10, 2013

Pursuit of Excellence, launched in 1985, to award $475,000 to 165 college students

Home-grown scholarship program now helps hundreds

Jul 4, 2012

Started with one recipient in 1985, ‘Pursuit of Excellence’ grows with new generation