{"id":1239,"date":"2018-06-26T01:28:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T01:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2018-06-18T19:20:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T19:20:36","slug":"impact-of-scholarships-featured-at-annual-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=1239","title":{"rendered":"Impact of scholarships featured at annual luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJ9pZRo7Yps\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In February, a group of donors and students gathered for the 2018 SIU Academic Scholarship Lunch. Dozens of scholarship recipients were given the chance to meet and thank the very people who made their scholarships possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see people who were able to be successful come back and give to people and help them be successful, as well,\u201d said scholarship recipient Jacob Trammel. \u201cI can\u2019t express how thankful I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Marsha Ryan, a member of the SIU Board of Trustees and scholarship sponsor, addressed the crowd during the annual event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat truly matters in our communities and at this university are the people we make of ourselves and the people we assist in the making of themselves,\u201d she said. \u201cThe nice thing about SIU is that it\u2019s a wonderful place to do both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scholarship recipients Abbie Spiwak and Saikrishna Balasubramanian spoke about the significance of financial assistance and how they hope to make a long-term impact.<br \/>\n\u201cThe thing I\u2019ve had in my mind since starting school and wanting to be a dietitian is to help other people,\u201d Spiwak said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat this scholarship has enabled me to do is really achieve my dreams, and I hope to give back to other students someday,\u201d Balasubramanian said.<\/p>\n<p>Forever SIU campaign co-chair Dan Korte said students need support because they are the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese young people are going to change the world and help propel the future that we depend on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To make a gift, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/siuf.org\/giving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.siuf.org\/giving<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Engage with us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/siufoundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SIUFoundationCdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SIUFoundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/siufoundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February, a group of donors and students gathered for the 2018 SIU Academic Scholarship Lunch. Dozens of scholarship recipients were given the chance to meet and thank the very people who made their scholarships possible. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see people who were able to be successful come back and give to people and help &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=1239\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Impact of scholarships featured at annual luncheon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,4,9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donor-stories","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-scholarship-recipient","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1240,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/revisions\/1240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}