To meet Elizabeth Woodhouse was to witness true inspiration firsthand. Breast cancer recently took the longtime Wittenberg Guild member’s life, but the 95-year-old still inspired others to learn.

Now students at Wittenberg will be able to continue Woodhouse’s mission – to learn something new every day – thanks to a $25,000 scholarship she established shortly before her death.

“So many people study in school, walk up to get a diploma and stop learning,” she said. “Never stop learning.”

Woodhouse lived that daily. At age 87, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Urbana University followed by her master’s degree in religious studies two years later at Catholic Distance University.

By cre at i ng t he schola rsh ip at Wittenberg, Woodhouse wanted to provide financial assistance to deserving st udent s who have demonst rated leadership skills and are accomplished in one or more of the following areas: language, literature, history, philosophy, art or music.