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In late October, Arts and Sciences hosted a special dinner to celebrate scholarship winners and thank the donors that make those scholarships possible. Among these, was Zhashki "Sasha" Strong who was awarded the Van ��Ek Political Science Scholarship. Sasha formally thanked the donors at the event:

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“Without the university, and especially the Jacob Van Ek Scholarship, I would not be where I stand before you today. I might still be living paycheck to paycheck and working my minimum-wage job that made me miserable; I might still be living in a reality unaware of my talents and potential; I might still be wondering what I could do to provide a better life for my son.”

“But now, I have a vision. I will teach my son Blake that with hard work, ambition, and perseverance, adversity can be overcome. I will show Blake that as a male-minority in the country we live in today, that he can beat all odds and be successful. But above all, I will love Blake unconditionally and be able to provide him a life I never would have fathomed without the university and the Jacob Van Ek Scholarship.”

— Zhashki “Sasha” Strong, formally thanking the university and donors for helping her study at ����ֱ�� Boulder

The office of coordinates on-line applications for a number of scholarships available to both prospective and current ����ֱ�� students. ��Read the full story by Anthony DeCamillis in the ��