Posted 3:22 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014
UW-L Senior Gina Schultz grew up watching her single mother raise three kids. She calls the situation — living paycheck to paycheck — a blessing.
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Silver Eagles scholarship winner Gina Schultz is a senior majoring in management and marketing with a minor in organizational and professional communication studies. She aims to eventually pursue an MBA and go into management consulting.[/caption]
UW-L Senior Gina Schultz grew up watching her single mother raise three kids. She calls the situation — living paycheck to paycheck — a blessing.
“You see how hard work and determination can get you through in life,” she explains.
She’s put that determination to the test in college, paying her own way while balancing two part-time jobs, volunteering, involvement in organizations, and a 4.0 GPA. Schultz says it helps to have constant encouragement from her mother who reminds her, despite the student debt, to never doubt herself.
But this fall Schultz has an extra form of encouragement. She’s received some support under her wings from a group of College of Business Administration alumni, the Silver Eagles.
Schultz got the call last April from member Marlin Helegson who told her the group was offering her a $1,000 scholarship this fall. Since 2000, the Silver Eagles have awarded 20 scholarships to students totaling $20,000.
“When he told me, I burst out bawling,” says Schultz. “I felt like I had been involved in the campus community and had a loyalty to UW-L. For them to give that back to me, that’s incredible.”
Helgeson recalls how expensive college was in his day, but the costs have climbed as state support for higher education has steadily declined for decades.
“It’s heart warming when someone not only appreciates the scholarship, but also really needs it,” says Helgeson.
Schultz spoke on behalf of student scholarship recipients at the UW-L College of Business Administration Take an Eagle To Lunch event Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Cleary Alumni & Friends Center Great Hall. The event was sponsored by the Silver Eagles, CBA alumni group.
Schultz says the gift has lifted a financial burden, and pushed her to work even harder because she wants to make the Silver Eagles proud.
“I want them to know that they are investing in someone who is going to care and give back,” she says. “So it’s more motivating than anything.”
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UW-L Alum Meagan Kempen, ’06, gave the keynote address at the UW-L College of Business Administration Take an Eagle to Lunch event Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Cleary Alumni & Friends Center Great Hall. The CBA networking event is sponsored by The Silver Eagles CBA alumni group. Kempen said her experience as editor and chief of The Racquet helped her learn to be curious and ask questions, something she has used to guide her career path and in her work today as a new product marketer for 3M. See more photos of the event at http://goo.gl/NQKq7x.[/caption]
Silver Eagles scholarship winner Gina Schultz is a senior majoring in management and marketing with a minor in organizational and professional communication studies. She aims to eventually pursue an MBA and go into management consulting.[/caption]
UW-L Senior Gina Schultz grew up watching her single mother raise three kids. She calls the situation — living paycheck to paycheck — a blessing.
“You see how hard work and determination can get you through in life,” she explains.
She’s put that determination to the test in college, paying her own way while balancing two part-time jobs, volunteering, involvement in organizations, and a 4.0 GPA. Schultz says it helps to have constant encouragement from her mother who reminds her, despite the student debt, to never doubt herself.
But this fall Schultz has an extra form of encouragement. She’s received some support under her wings from a group of College of Business Administration alumni, the Silver Eagles.
Schultz got the call last April from member Marlin Helegson who told her the group was offering her a $1,000 scholarship this fall. Since 2000, the Silver Eagles have awarded 20 scholarships to students totaling $20,000.
“When he told me, I burst out bawling,” says Schultz. “I felt like I had been involved in the campus community and had a loyalty to UW-L. For them to give that back to me, that’s incredible.”
Helgeson recalls how expensive college was in his day, but the costs have climbed as state support for higher education has steadily declined for decades.
“It’s heart warming when someone not only appreciates the scholarship, but also really needs it,” says Helgeson.
Schultz spoke on behalf of student scholarship recipients at the UW-L College of Business Administration Take an Eagle To Lunch event Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Cleary Alumni & Friends Center Great Hall. The event was sponsored by the Silver Eagles, CBA alumni group.
Schultz says the gift has lifted a financial burden, and pushed her to work even harder because she wants to make the Silver Eagles proud.
“I want them to know that they are investing in someone who is going to care and give back,” she says. “So it’s more motivating than anything.”
[caption id="attachment_37014" align="alignnone" width="650"] UW-L Alum Meagan Kempen, ’06, gave the keynote address at the UW-L College of Business Administration Take an Eagle to Lunch event Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Cleary Alumni & Friends Center Great Hall. The CBA networking event is sponsored by The Silver Eagles CBA alumni group. Kempen said her experience as editor and chief of The Racquet helped her learn to be curious and ask questions, something she has used to guide her career path and in her work today as a new product marketer for 3M. See more photos of the event at http://goo.gl/NQKq7x.[/caption]