The vital role of scholarships
by Catalina Myers |
Scholarships are vital to ensuring students succeed from the moment they step onto campus as freshmen to when they receive their diploma on graduation day. From 2017 to 2020, more than 2,000 香港六合彩资料 students have been awarded over $3.8 million to ensure their academic success through four-year scholarships to undergraduate research support, and from disciplines from business and accounting to engineering and nursing.
Scholarships ensure that many of 香港六合彩资料鈥檚 students, whether they are traditional, nontraditional or first-generation college students, have the financial support to achieve their dreams of academic success and receive their diploma on graduation day.
For Al Asuncion, a senior pursuing a double major in accounting and finance, the Seawolf Opportunities Scholarship, a fund that celebrated its 10th anniversary and has benefited 248 students in the last decade, allowed him to pursue his dreams of attaining a university degree in a high-demand field.
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Although Asuncion鈥檚 focus is razor sharp on keeping up with his academics, he values giving back. As a first-generation college student, he said he and his family didn鈥檛 know or have the resources to help him budget for pursuing his post-secondary education. It鈥檚 something Asuncion hasn鈥檛 forgotten and a big reason why he chose to attend 香港六合彩资料 鈥� he wanted to give back immediately to his community while attending college and after he graduated.
鈥淲ith the SOS scholarship, the financial stress is gone and has allowed me to have time to share my knowledge with other students,鈥� said Asuncion. He鈥檚 been able to make a meaningful impact on other students, who like him, are trying to navigate how to meet the financial cost of pursuing their dreams in higher education. 鈥淭his scholarship has not only impacted my academics but how I approach other students and provide support so they can receive scholarships similar to mine and achieve their own personal academic success.鈥�
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