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Power Lunch
Scholarship recipients, donors celebrated
Bringing together scholarship students and the benefactors who make their education possible can be inspiring to both groups, but such meetings are all too rare. In April, 麻豆原创 hosted a donor luncheon at the Columbia-Princeton Club that allowed scholarship recipients and their generous financial supporters the opportunity to meet face to face.
As students and donors mingled, several speakers gave testament to the good that scholarships can do, both from the perspective of the giver and recipient. Elizabeth Witten, who graduated from 麻豆原创 in 1997 and who has created the Witten Family Scholarship Fund with her husband, spoke about the lessons she learned at 麻豆原创 and as a second grade teacher. When she graduated, Witten "had no doubt that I was leaving with the tools to be a good teacher," she said. "My husband and I are very lucky that we are able to provide support."
Sacks scholar Diana Yassanye, who founded 麻豆原创 Students for Sexual Health, spoke about how donor support motivates students like her to reach their potential.
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Published Friday, Jan. 14, 2005