by Rosemary Plybon | May 10, 2021 | Scholar Stories
Growing up in a family of seven, Ron Robinson learned how to compromise, how to share and most importantly, to be at the table on time for supper. “Everyone loves cooking in our family, and dinner is really important. We eat a lot. My mom cooks; my dad cooks;...
by Rosemary Plybon | May 3, 2021 | Scholar Stories
Socrates said, “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.” The last couple of years Teagan Gillam has come to understand that. The Eastern Guilford graduate didn’t know what they wanted to do with their life or really who they were until college. “I want to become a...
by Rosemary Plybon | Apr 13, 2021 | Scholar Stories
Like a lot of little girls, Shaolyn Robinson dreamed of becoming a singer, “but I can’t sing now,” she says with a laugh. When she was in middle school she thought physical therapy sounded like a promising career choice, “but I really just liked the idea of the...
by Rosemary Plybon | Mar 22, 2021 | Scholar Stories
“I always wanted to be an elementary school teacher, even before I started school,” Lynsey Sharpstene remembers. Her sister was three years older, and Lynsey would ride with her mom to pick her up each day.” I thought school was the coolest thing, and that’s when I...
by Rosemary Plybon | Mar 8, 2021 | Scholar Stories
In spring 2020, Erika Ajqui-Zapil was poised to graduate from Smith High School with a nursing certification. She planned to go to work in a nursing home while applying to college. Just three days before she was to begin her clinicals to complete that certification,...
by Tyler Sparks | Nov 12, 2020 | Scholar Stories
Harvard sounds very, very far away for a lot of high school students. It certainly did for Betty Lulseged. “I didn’t want to apply, because I thought there was no way. I thought I was throwing away my application fee.” With a little encouragement from dad, the...
