Giving Back @ Union
Michele Hamester
Recipient, 2009-2010 Mitra Scholarship
Michele Hamester’s goal to become a better teacher (learn more about Michele here), is coming closer to fruition. She is just one of many grateful UI&U learners to receive a UI&U scholarship during the 2009-2010 academic year. Though their professions vary, from school teacher to dance instructor, public policy analyst to social worker, learners enroll at Union Institute & University for the same purpose: to effect change. Whether in their own lives or within the life of their communities, Union learners and alumni use their studies to make a difference. Their Union journey and their contributions beyond graduation, can be further enriched through scholarships, and your generous donations.
As we wrap up the UI&U 2009-2010 Annual Fund and prepare for a new fiscal year on July 1, it is gratifying to remember just a few faces we’ve met this year—those who have benefited from your charitable contributions to UI&U scholarship funds.
Stephanie Johnson, Ph.D. learner and artist, who will use her studies to “change my corner of the world”.
Fannie Johnson, a graduate of Cincinnati’s undergraduate program, who was living on the streets when she found a home at Union.
Dennis Tartakow, Ed.D. learner, who has committed to become a “better teacher, researcher, and more empathetic human being”.
And recipients of the Salmon Foundation scholarship awards, many of whom are the first in their families to attend college.
The 2010-2011 Annual Fund campaign begins July 1. Join us this year, as hundreds did this year, in supporting UI&U learner scholarships. The results of your giving will reach far beyond these walls and into our nation’s classrooms, board rooms, and service organizations.
To learn more about your charitable donation, or to read more about Union’s current scholarship funds, visit our Giving website or email development@myunion.edu.