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...time for their 25th reunion this spring, members of the Harvard Class of 1981 have created a scholarship fund to sponsor African graduate students. In a rare arrangement with the University, alumni donations to the fund will be recognized as part of their class gift...
Having raised around $285,000 from fellow alumni—the majority of which will go toward the scholarship fund—Tavrow convinced the University to sign on to the program. The new setup allows alumni to donate directly to the scholarship fund instead of the University, while still having their donation recognized by Harvard...
Tavrow said she worked with the Harvard Development Office and with Dean of the Faculty William R. Kirby to convince Harvard to back the scholarship fund...
...HASA’s scholarship fund specifically targets graduate students because they are more likely than undergraduates to return to Africa after their studies in America, according to Tavrow, who said she did not want to exacerbate the African “brain drain...
...telling [honorees] they have done well, and encouraging them to do more.” Each undergraduate recipient was honored by an ABHW speaker as well as a brief video presentation about their lives. Recipients were given a plaque praising their work as well as a $500 scholarship. Senior award winners briefly addressed those in attendance. “Be truthful, be yourself, be humble,” said award recipient Lawrence E. Adjah ’06, the former president of the Black Students Association. “You don’t come here to fit a mold...