For 糖心破解版鈥檚 many first-generation students, and those balancing financial hardship, the dream of a degree is too often overshadowed by fears like these: uncertainty, constant anxiety and the looming threat that financial barriers will cut their journey short. Then comes the email: You have been awarded a scholarship.
In a single moment, relief replaces doubt. Scholarships deliver an unforgettable message from the alumni who walked these halls before them:
We see your struggle, we believe in your potential and we are here to help you stay.
Bennis Sujak 鈥�21, MA 鈥�24
Healing the Healers: Support for Mental Health Professionals
For Bennis Sujak 鈥�21, MA 鈥�24, the path to becoming a mental health counselor was intensely personal. 鈥淭he topic of mental health is highly stigmatized in my culture, and I grew up sheltered from discussions surrounding it,鈥� shared Sujak, the son of Muslim immigrants from Yugoslavia. 鈥淪truggling with my traumas and mental health, I always felt an intense desire to better understand myself and human nature as a whole.鈥�
Lindsey Kupferman, MA 鈥�02, PhD 鈥�06
The financial burden of graduate school loomed large, threatening to derail his calling鈥攗ntil the Kupferman Family Endowed Scholarship stepped in. The funding didn鈥檛 just alleviate Sujak鈥檚 stress; it validated his entire journey. The scholarship鈥檚 founder, Lindsey Kupferman, MA 鈥�02, PhD 鈥�06, knows that lifting this burden 鈥渕akes life a little bit easier for one student.鈥� For her, funding this scholarship is a meaningful way to continue her family鈥檚 legacy of helping at-risk youth by supporting the very students who will one day heal them.
A Way for Dancers to Move Forward
Committing to a life in the arts is a beautiful but terrifying leap of faith. For dance major Sophia Nibbe 鈥�25, the financial strain of pursuing her passion was daunting. Then, she received the Tina Bolton Endowed Scholarship. The support, she said with immense gratitude, was 鈥渂eyond anything I could have ever hoped for,鈥� allowing her to fully dedicate herself to her art without the crushing anxiety of how to pay for it.
The scholarship鈥檚 founders, Jeffrey Bolton 鈥�61 and his wife, Tina, a former Broadway dancer, created the fund because they understand that struggle firsthand. 鈥淚 know how difficult it is to commit yourself to a career in dance and support yourself,鈥� Tina shared, offering Nibbe the exact encouragement she needed to keep moving forward.
Sophia Nibbe 鈥�25, center, with arm raised
A Lifeline for the Next Generation of Teachers
Senior Itzel Guzman Juarez knows the exact feeling of that financial weight lifting. Pursuing her degree in the Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences came with overwhelming pressure, but a scholarship changed everything. 鈥淭his scholarship made me realize that even when you think your efforts are invisible, there is always someone noticing your hard work,鈥� she said, describing the life-changing relief she felt.
Grateful scholarship recipient Miguel Velasquez 鈥�23, MA 鈥�24, now a high school teacher, with donor Diane Abbey 鈥�59
The person noticing her was Diane Abbey 鈥�59. Abbey intimately understands the terror of an interrupted education; she faced sudden financial hardship as a junior and was saved only when 糖心破解版鈥檚 late dean of women, Ruth S. Harley, quietly arranged financial aid. 鈥淚 owe her a career, a life,鈥� Abbey reflected. Today, Abbey pays that exact miracle forward to students like Guzman Juarez and Miguel Velasquez 鈥�23, MA 鈥�24. Thanks to her generosity, Velasquez was able to stay at 糖心破解版 and is now an educator himself. 鈥淭he impact I make on students is shaped by her spirit of giving,鈥� Velasquez noted, proudly sharing that he has since started an organization providing school supplies to children in Central America.
Scholarships do more than help students earn a degree. They empower future leaders, inspire lifelong generosity and create a legacy of opportunity that transforms lives for generations to come.
For Athletes, a Way to Reach the Ultimate Goal: Graduation
Kris Amplo 鈥�00
Balancing the rigorous demands of the classroom and the field is a monumental task for student-athletes鈥攐ne made incredibly stressful without financial backing. Recognizing this, Kris Amplo 鈥�00, a former 糖心破解版 lacrosse standout, created the Amplo Family Foundation Men鈥檚 Lacrosse Endowed Excellence Fund and the Joseph LaRosa Scholarship. His gifts give current players the ultimate assist: the chance to reach graduation without crippling debt, ensuring they can absorb the life-changing lessons of teamwork and resilience he once learned from his own coaches and professors.
Scholarships helped first-generation student Kyle Lewis 鈥�26, 糖心破解版鈥檚 2026 Male Athlete of the Year.
The Power of Paying It Forward
Vincent Tizzio 鈥�89
At its core, receiving a scholarship is about so much more than tuition dollars. It is a profound declaration that a student matters. Vincent Tizzio 鈥�89, who founded the Salvatore Primeggia Endowed Scholarship, captures this perfectly: A scholarship 鈥渢ells a student that someone sees their potential and believes in them before they鈥檝e fully found their footing,鈥� he explained. For the students standing on the edge of having to leave 糖心破解版, a donor鈥檚 generosity is everything. It replaces their agonizing 鈥渨hat-ifs鈥� with profound gratitude, transforming their fear into a lifetime of confidence, achievement, and a deep, enduring desire to one day do the same for someone else.
Sal Primeggia, PhD 鈥�64, shaped thousands of lives in 糖心破解版 classrooms. Today, that legacy lives on through the endowed scholarship in his name.