Help us Award TWO Scholarships in 2026 by Donating this Giving Tuesday

Honoring Patty Hagen’s Legacy by Growing Diversity in St. Louis Innovation Pathways

After the sudden passing of Dr. Patty Hagen in 2024, the Founding Executive Director of T-REX, the TechSTL community dedicated their STEM Scholarship Fund to honor the legacy of Patty’s leadership to the St. Louis tech community. Now having successfully awarded our first $5,000 1 Year scholarship in Fall of 2025, we are accepting donations to add an additional annual award of $2,500 for 4 Years ($10,000 total) to make available in Fall of 2026.

The Dr. Patty Hagen STEM Scholarship Fund will provide postsecondary scholarships to increase accessibility to computer science, data analytics, design, and IT business operations degree programs and certificates for diverse communities of the Metro. Eligible students will live in the 15-county St. Louis MSA and demonstrate unmet financial need at the postsecondary school they attend. Scholarships will be awarded to students who are members of historically excluded communities in the tech fields (women, BIPOC, foreign born, LGBTQIA, rural, and disabled). Each recipient will enroll full-time in an accredited, nonprofit, technical/trade school, two-year college, or four-year college/university in the Greater St. Louis Metro, State of Missouri, or State of Illinois.

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