I’d like to give readers, posters and the general EMU community an update on the Laura Dickinson Memorial Scholarship that I first proposed in August. At that time I thought and still feel strongly, that this scholarship fund would be a way to honor Laura’s memory at EMU and provide some healing for those of us in the EMU community as well as for the larger metro Detroit community. At this point, we have a committee formed of four members: myself, Cheryl Cassidy, English Department, Mark Higbee, History and Philosphy, Lydia Kret and Judi Brooks from Dietetics and Human Nutrition, and Cassie Gasidlo, crew member of Laura’s and a student in Dietetics. We continue to work with the EMU Foundation, and we have the approval and support of the Dickinson family.
We have been working toward making this Scholarship happen, and while we don’t want to publicly discuss any of the details at this point, we do want all EMUtalk readers toknow that this project is underway. We anticipate soliciting donations for a Laura Dickinson Memorial Endowed Scholarship sometime during winter 2008. When that time comes, you’ll be sure to hear about it here on EMUtalk.org.
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