Generosity lifts Amy Northcutt Scholarship beyond goal
The scholarship was created to honor the memory of Amy Northcutt—to sustain her love of people and ideas, her relish for thinking creatively and critically to solve problems and build connections, and her sense of God’s grace in the world and our responsibility for each other. Amy was an alumna and a leader of nonprofit and government organizations, including as President of the Board of Trustees of the Disciples Divinity House. An attorney by training, she was the Chief Information Officer of the National Science Foundation at the time of her death in May 2017.
The idea for the scholarship was to build a permanent fund to support emerging women leaders of promise who study religion or theology through the Disciples Divinity House. Since the fund's creation, 217 different donors, families, or entities have contributed 398 separate gifts. Twenty-five gifts totaling over $20,000 were made at the end of 2025. With this surge of generosity, donors lifted the total past the initial goal to $257,344.
"This remarkable response is a loving testament that Amy continues to live in our hearts and that her legacy will live on to support others for years to come," said Craig Middlebrook, Amy's husband.
Reaching this threshold ensures that the first Amy A. Northcutt scholarship will be awarded later this year. A celebration of the new award and of Amy's legacy is tentatively planned for the opening of the 2026-27 academic year in late September.