Scholarship America® Celebrates Student Success at Washington D.C. Dreams to Success Event

Whereas school enrollments decline, Scholarship America, donors and sponsors present a powerful dedication to supporting students

MINNEAPOLIS, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Pupil success and achievement had been honored at Scholarship America’s current Desires to Success occasion in Washington D.C. Now in its eighth yr, Desires to Success demonstrates the influence a powerful help system has on serving to college students overcome boundaries, challenges and inequities on the trail to their school goals. Scholarship America — a non-profit group that helps college students fulfill their school goals and the nation’s main supplier of personal scholarships — hosts the occasion.

“We’re deeply grateful to our beneficiant sponsors and donors who’ve made it attainable for us to help college students even within the face of constant challenges in schooling,” mentioned Mike Nylund, president and CEO of Scholarship America. “All the college students we acknowledged and tales we heard highlighted the difficulties, obstacles, monetary want, and setbacks college students face of their pursuit of a faculty schooling. Everybody who joined us within the room and on-line for this occasion is proud to help them with scholarships, emergency grants or some other help we are able to present to college students to entry, persist and full their schooling.”

The occasion featured musical performances by Shana Tucker, ChamberSoul Cello Singer Songwriter; an impassioned keynote from Dr. Meria Carstarphen, Senior Scientist at Gallup, the first-ever in schooling; heartfelt tales from college students and alumni, together with Victoria Doan, Andrew Rocha, Jacoby Barry and Oyuky Aragon-Flores; and was emceed by Keith Chow, editor-in-chief of the popular culture weblog Nerds of Shade, co-editor of the comedian anthologies Secret Identities and Shattered and host of the podcasts Onerous NOC Life and Southern Fried Asian.

This yr’s occasion additionally celebrated the accomplishments of the twenty 2022 Dream Award Students, exhibiting the influence scholarships have made on the lives of scholars and illustrating the challenges and boundaries that stand in the best way of their goals. For the reason that first Desires to Success Celebration in 2014, Scholarship America has offered scholarships, emergency grants and different monetary help to greater than 800,000 college students throughout the nation and all over the world. These embody Dream Award Students—the 150 recipients of Scholarship America’s flagship renewable scholarship award, who’ve earned greater than $3 million in scholarships and seen a 100% commencement price.

This yr, the Desires to Success occasion raised $575,000 to help Scholarship America by means of the generosity of Presenting Sponsors Plastipak and The Younger Basis. Different key sponsors included Voya Monetary, Edward and Dorothy Simon Basis and World Journal.

For a recording of Desires to Success, a full record of sponsors and donors and extra data, go to https://scholarshipamerica.org/dreamstosuccess. To donate, go to https://scholarshipamerica.org/give/.

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SOURCE Scholarship America