Laura Deschaines of Auburn and Lynn Houston of Poland have been named recipients of a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College scholarship fund awarded annually to children of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ employees.<\/p>\n
The endowed ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Class of 1997 Scholarship Fund, established by the 1997 graduating class, gives preference to children of hourly employees in secretarial services, Facility Services, custodial services, security and dining services.<\/p>\n
Deschaines, a junior at Syracuse University in the College of Arts and Sciences, will use her $500 award to help defray the cost of tuition. She is the daughter of Martha Deschaines, who works in the chaplain’s office at the college’s Center for Service-Learning, and Marcel Deschaines of Auburn.<\/p>\n
Houston, a junior sports-medicine major at Lyndonville State College in Lyndonville, Vt., will use her $500 award to help defray the cost of tuition. She is the daughter of Joan Houston, a secretary in the college’s Facility Services department, and Homer Houston of Poland.<\/p>\n
The Class of 1997 Scholarship Fund was established through the traditional Senior Gift effort undertaken by each graduating class at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. The Class of 1997 raised $19,000, the largest Senior Gift ever, which was matched by Dr. Helen A. Papaioanou, a 1949 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ graduate and former college trustee. Seventy percent of the class participated in the gift effort, also a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ record.<\/p>\n
The Class of 1997 Scholarship Fund supports a broad range of learning opportunities including tuition support for secondary or post-secondary education at the institution of the designee’s choice. Eligibility for a Class of 1997 scholarship is limited to children of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ staff with priority given to hourly employees in secretarial services, Facility Services, custodial services, security and dining services. Nominations for scholarships are directed to a committee composed of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ employees that makes one or more scholarship awards annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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