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AROUND THE QUADS

Dean’s Scholarship Reception Brings Together Donors, Students

The College takes pride in its long history of need-blind admissions — admitting students on the basis of their talents and abilities, not their financial circumstances. This admissions policy is made possible by thousands of donors, many of whom have set up scholarship funds to directly benefit students in need.

On November 4, in the Roone Arledge Auditorium of Alfred Lerner Hall, hundreds of scholarship donors and the students they support met for the annual Dean’s Scholarship Reception. Some of the students were renewing their relationship with their donors; others were meeting their donors for the first time.

Dean of Alumni Affairs and Development Derek Wittner ’65 highlighted the importance of giving back, and Dean of the College Austin Quigley pointed to the special bond between students and the donors who make it possible for them to attend the College and “learn to think independently.” Quigley noted, “We are not training students as narrow specialists; we want people who are arguers, who are informed, who are creative.”

Speaking on behalf of the scholarship recipients, Michael Ciccarone ’05 noted, “Columbia University became the place where I grew up.” An ecology, evolution and environmental biology major, Ciccarone cited the Core, his friends and his field research and study as important to his growth. He thanked his donors, Vona and A. James Bach ’53, for making it all possible.

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Dean Austin Quigley visits with Brendan Jobs ’05, recipient of one of the Peter Gruenberger [’58] Family Scholarships
Joe Brown ’66 chats with Albert Wu ’05, one of the recipients of the Eric V. Smith scholarships.   Don Margolis ’63 meets with Paola Gonzalez ’06, recipient of the James A. [’58] and Donald L. Margolis [’63] Scholarship.
Top, Dean Austin Quigley visits with Brendan Jobs ’05, recipient of one of the Peter Gruenberger [’58] Family Scholarships. Above left, Joe Brown ’66 chats with Albert Wu ’05, one of the recipients of the Eric V. Smith scholarships. Above right, Don Margolis ’63 meets with Paola Gonzalez ’06, recipient of the James A. [’58] and Donald L. Margolis [’63] Scholarship.

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