While college enrollments decline, Scholarship America,
donors and sponsors show a strong commitment to supporting
scholars
MINNEAPOLIS, June 23,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Student success and achievement
were honored at Scholarship America's recent Dreams to
Success event in Washington
D.C. Now in its eighth year, Dreams to Success demonstrates
the impact a strong support system has on helping students overcome
barriers, challenges and inequities on the path to their college
dreams. Scholarship America — a non-profit organization that helps
students fulfill their college dreams and the nation's leading
provider of private scholarships — hosts the event.
"We're deeply thankful to our generous sponsors and donors
who've made it possible for us to support students even in the face
of continuing challenges in education," said Mike Nylund, president and CEO of Scholarship
America. "All of the students we recognized and stories we heard
highlighted the difficulties, obstacles, financial need, and
setbacks students face in their pursuit of a college education.
Everyone who joined us in the room and online for this event is
proud to support them with scholarships, emergency grants or any
other assistance we can provide to students to access, persist and
complete their education."
The event 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 education; heartfelt stories from students and
alumni, including Victoria Doan,
Andrew Rocha, Jacoby Barry and Oyuky
Aragon-Flores; and was emceed by Keith Chow, editor-in-chief of the pop culture
blog Nerds of Color, co-editor of the comic anthologies Secret
Identities and Shattered and host of the podcasts Hard NOC Life and
Southern Fried Asian.
This year's event also celebrated the accomplishments of the
twenty 2022 Dream Award Scholars, showing the impact scholarships
have made on the lives of students and illustrating the challenges
and barriers that stand in the way of their dreams. Since the first
Dreams to Success Celebration in 2014, Scholarship America has
provided scholarships, emergency grants and other financial
assistance to more than 800,000 students across the country and
around the world. Those include Dream Award Scholars—the 150
recipients of Scholarship America's flagship renewable scholarship
award, who have earned more than $3
million in scholarships and seen a 100% graduation rate.
This year, the Dreams to Success event raised $575,000 to support Scholarship America through
the generosity of Presenting Sponsors Plastipak and The Young
Foundation. Other key sponsors included Voya Financial, Edward and
Dorothy Simon Foundation and World Journal.
For a recording of Dreams to Success, a full list of sponsors
and donors and more information, visit
https://scholarshipamerica.org/dreamstosuccess. To donate, visit
https://scholarshipamerica.org/give/.
Contact:
Joan Cronson
952.830.7308
339236@email4pr.com
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