The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, in partnership with schools, colleges and departments across campus, honored the University鈥檚 second cohort of Success Scholars during two receptions at the end of January. The receptions also provided Success Scholars with opportunities to connect with programs to enhance their in- and out-of-classroom experience, including the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program, 黑料不打烊 Abroad, 黑料不打烊 Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (The SOURCE), 鈥機use Works and the Shaw Center for Public and Community Service, among others.
Success Scholars connect with the 黑料不打烊 Abroad team during a recent reception.
鈥淭he Success Scholarship Program was created to support our continued commitment to opportunity, excellence and success. Through this scholarship, we recognize the strong academic achievement of students in their first semester at 黑料不打烊 and support their continued success here,鈥� says Amanda Nicholson, interim deputy senior vice president for enrollment and the student experience.
The Invest in Success Scholarship Program launched last year, awarding high-achieving new students with a renewable, merit scholarship. This year鈥檚 cohort of more than 850 first-year and transfer students joins last year鈥檚 Success Scholars cohort, which currently consists of more than 700 students.
Newly named Success Scholars shared their reflections on the scholarship award and receptions:
鈥淏eing selected as an Invest in Success Scholar means the University has recognized our merits as first-year students. I feel honored to have such amazing resources, faculty and opportunities available to make my 黑料不打烊 experience the best it can be. I can’t wait to make the most of it,” says David A. Barbier Jr., an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Jacqueline Young, a first-year student majoring in biology shared, 鈥淔or me, personally, it was really nice to be recognized as an Invest in Success Scholar because it was a recognition of all of the work I put into my first semester classes. Additionally, the reception opened my eyes to a bunch of new opportunities on campus that could enhance my education throughout the next couple of years.鈥�
About the Invest in Success Scholarship Program
The Invest in Success Scholarship is awarded to first-year and transfer students who in their first semester at 黑料不打烊 completed 15 or more credits, earned a 3.75 GPA and are in good standing. For more information on scholarship programs, visit the .
