The Polish Studies Endowment, founded in 2013 by members of the Austin Polish Society, is growing steadily as a result of annual investment from the Austin Polish Film Festival. The book value of the principal for the endowment, as of August 31st, 2018, was $71,571. The endowment generated over $3,600 in interest income for the 2017-18 academic year, and in anticipation of the Poland Maymester program scheduled for Summer 2018, CREEES rolled forward approximately $2,000 of last year’s interest income from the account, in order to give additional scholarships to a higher number of UT students traveling to Poland than usual. CREEES looks forward to continuing to recruit and fund students interested in learning about and traveling to Poland through the endowment for years to come.