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| The leadership campaign has received the University's
largest bequest ever — $2.4 million from the estate of the
late Marguerite S. Parker. The gift will create an endowed Presidential
Scholarship fund that will support eight presidential scholars.
In 1997, President Richard M. Freeland created the scholarship
program to recognize Northeastern's most outstanding students.
Scholars excel in all three components of practice-oriented education
— the liberal arts and sciences, professional fields, and
co-op. To date, Northeastern has awarded scholarships to 84 of
its best and brightest students with full tuition coverage for
their final three years. |
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| Founded just over twenty years ago, the College
of Computer and Information Science (CCIS) is Northeastern's
youngest college. Private support is critical to such a young
school. "We haven't been in existence long enough to have built
up a significant endowment yet," explains Larry Finkelstein, dean
of the college."Fortunately, a growing number of our young alumni
are giving back to the college." |
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Patricio Rossi, L'03, the son of Peruvian
immigrants, works as a housing attorney for Neighborhood Legal
Services in Lynn, Massachusetts, where he helps low-income clients
fight unlawful evictions and keep a roof over their heads. Rossi
credits Northeastern's Public
Interest Law Scholars (PILS) program with helping him pursue
this career. PILS supports a select group of law students who
are committed to practicing public interest law by covering
three-quarters of their tuition. |
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