Create pathways to education

Speaker 1:
My name is Taryn Goudy and I'm a Senior majoring in Consumer and  Family Financial services in the College of Education and Human  Ecology. 

I received the Grace T and Dorothy H. Henderson  Memorial Scholarship and the Margaret B Gill Scholarship. These  scholarships have made a huge impact on my life and have helped  me to follow my dreams and achieve my goals. College has always  been stressful for me because of the financial burden it's  placed on me. 

So these scholarships have helped to relieve that  burden a little bit. 

I plan to sit for the Certified Financial  Planning exam this coming November. And it really wouldn't have  been possible without the help and support of these  scholarships. 

I just look forward to continuing to do everything  I love and excelling in my career in the future. And I am very  thankful for the opportunity to receive these scholarships.
 

Speaker 1:
Hello, my name is Micheala Dengg, she, her, hers, and I am a  second year PhD student in Higher Education and Student Affairs.

I am one of the lucky recipients of the Earl W. Anderson  Memorial Fund, the Jack A. Culbertson Award Fund and the Ruth  Weimer Mount Fellowship Fund. Thank you so much for that. 

I am  an international student from Germany. And I actually came to  the US in August of 2020, in the middle of the pandemic. 

And I  believe up until seven or eight days before the actual semester  started, I didn't even know if I was going to be able to come to  the United States with the state of the world. 

So I am very  lucky to be here. I used to work as a study abroad advisor in  Germany and my research now focuses  on internationalization of  higher education. 

So I would very much like to go back to the  field of international higher education. And with these  scholarship opportunities, I was actually able to try NAFSA  Association of International Educators, which has provided me  with so much knowledge and so much opportunities to actually be  able to make a difference in the field of international higher  ed, and I look forward to putting my research into practice.

Thank you so much for the scholarships.

Speaker 1:
Hi, my name is Lisa DelaCruz Combs. I am a second year Doctoral  student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program here  at Ohio State. 

As a student, I've been able to receive multiple  scholarships as an undergraduate and a graduate student. When I  was an undergraduate student, I received the Morrill Scholarship  which covered my tuition. And as a PhD student, I've been lucky  enough to receive a Graduate Enrichment Fellowship and the  Inclusive Excellence Fellowship. I've also received multiple  other scholarships related to travel and research from the  Educational Studies Department. 

These scholarships have been so  helpful to me during my time as a student, as a first generation  multiracial woman of color, access to higher education was  always a difficult one. Because of these scholarships, I was  able to attend Ohio State. 

Without them I wouldn't be here and  I'm so incredibly grateful for the opportunities that these  scholarships have given me. The this is not only included my  tuition and my ability to study at the university, but also my  ability to engage research and scholarship and conference and  travel opportunities, which has been so helpful in preparing for  a career as a faculty member after I'd graduated with my PhD. 

I  want to thank you all for supporting students like me, and  achieving our goals.

Speaker 1:
My name is Chelsea Gilbert. I use she, her pronouns and I am a  second year Doctoral student in Educational Studies in the  Higher Education and Student Affairs program. 

Prior to this, I  worked for eight years as a higher education and student affairs  practitioner. And I am so so fortunate and grateful to be able  to have this gift to study. 

My scholarship actually focuses on  experiences of people who work in higher education,  as I myself once did, and I would not be able to pursue my   degree full time without the support of generous donors, like yourself, I hope in  the future to be able to be a faculty member teaching and  training future higher education and student affairs  professionals and ultimately want to contribute to a more just  and equitable world and the scholarship is helping me to do  that. 

So thank you again.
 

Speaker 1:
Hello, my name is Andrew Perry and I'm a fourth year doctoral  candidate in the Educational Psychology program in the  Department of Ed Studies.

I've received the Martin W and Blanche D. Essex Endowed Fund for Graduate Education and Educational    Administration Scholarship in the amount of $650. 

I want to  thank the sponsors very much for their generous donation. 

It has been a tremendous joy to me to receive this scholarship  and has been aided me in my academic journey. As a first generation  college student who began his academic career in community  college. advancing into doctoral study is a tremendous mark of  pride and honor for me, and it's scholarships like this, that  have helped me along the way. My career goal is to be an  academic, your tenured faculty member at a four year university.

And the scholarship has aided me in paying my bills in advancing  my research agenda, every dollar counts in graduate education.

And so I thank sponsors very, very much for their generous  donation and anticipate in the future, making the university and  making the donors proud. My research agenda on the motivation  and self regulated learning behaviors of first generation  college students like myself, who have graduated and transferred  from community college into four year university environments.

My dissertation is an examination in essence of my own academic  journey. This scholarship is helping me get there and may attain  my goals. So thank you very much for your generous donation.
 

Speaker 1:
Hello, my name is Neal McKinney and I am a second year  PhD student in the Higher Education Student Affairs  program within Ed Studies in the College of Education,  Human Ecology. 

 I just want to say thank you on behalf  of the Earl W. Anderson Memorial Fund, the Jack A.  
 
 Culbertson Award Fund, and the Ruth Weimer Mount  Fellowship Fund for your support to me as a student  and EHE for this academic year. 
 
 As a student, I am  most interested in research that focuses on race and  racism and in particular in support of students of color  and their ability to attain their degrees. 

With your  support, I'm able to do this research and I am very  much looking forward to continuing on my journey and  in the fall towards taking my competency exams. 

And  so, again, I cannot thank you enough for the support  which is allowed me to feel supported by the college  and my endeavors to do research. 

So thank you so much.
 

Speaker 1:
Hello, my name is Francisco Soto, I'm a fourth year  Morrill Scholar in College of Education in Human  Ecology, majoring in Exercise Science Education with a  minor in Spanish for Business. 

So just to give you a  brief backstory this past summer, I was participating  in a summer course that I believe wouldn't could be  funded by my Morrill Scholarship. 

But unfortunately,  that was not the case due to the semester constraint,  and finishing up this last year fully funded. 

So  feeling that financial burden, I reached out to the  College of Education and Human Ecology, and they were  able to find me and award me, the Shepherd Foundation  Fund really on short notice to which I'm eternally  grateful, it cover the full cost of my course. 

And so  tonight, I say thank you. So for my future who I will  be becoming a physical therapist, and that drive  really stems from my desire to help, which is what  donors do every year, year in and year out. 

And so as  well, I can't speak for everyone. I truly do think  that I share the common opinion that our gratitude  soars through the roof. And I really hope that one day  I can do what you guys do for so many students. 

So  thank you again and Go Bucks!
 

speaker 1:
Hi, my name is Stephanie Welch Grenier. I'm originally  from Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

I am a doctoral student  here at Ohio State University. I'm grateful for this  opportunity to thank the donors today that made this  scholarship possible for me. 

I was given a unique  opportunity to work at a Lighthouse for the Blind and  meet a different need for students that were at risk. 

The field that I'm in working with students with  visual impairments is a very small field. There are  only a handful of universities across the country that  offer degrees in visual impairments and Ohio State  just happens to be one of them. 

The scholarship award  has allowed me to focus on my studies and take a step  back from the contracts that I do tend to work  throughout the year. 

I typically hold multiple  contracts and with the scholarship I was able to drop  a contract and really focus on my studies and not have  to give up a lot of time with my family which is very  important for a mom who is in school and working.