{"id":25954,"date":"2010-04-30T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T15:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=25954"},"modified":"2016-02-02T14:46:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T19:46:45","slug":"2010scholarshiplunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2010\/04\/30\/2010scholarshiplunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship luncheon: A time of reflection and thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the 2009-10 academic year, 40 percent of Bates students received scholarship grant aid totaling more than $21.5 million. At a recent luncheon, donors who have made the Bates experience possible for a new generation met some of the students who benefit from their generosity.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the students&#8217; remarks are captured in these videos of the 2010 Mount David Society and Endowed Scholarship Fund luncheon:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anthony Mount David Luncheon 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11501224?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Phillips &#8217;10 expresses  appreciation and insights from an intellectual  journey that began in his Philadelphia  neighborhood and brought him to where he has met Bates people &#8220;who are  just so grand and so gracious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anh Mount David Luncheon 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11331234?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ahn Dinh &#8217;10 of\u00a0 Vietnam tells philanthropists at the 2010 Mount David Scholarship Luncheon that their generosity will change the future of Vietnam. &#8220;I have a very strong belief that Vietnamese people coming to Bates will become great leaders of the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vitalie Mount David Luncheon 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11331218?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Vitalie Djugostran &#8217;11 of Moldova says he believes that &#8220;what goes around comes around,&#8221; and hopes that donors will be rewarded for their generosity. He also hopes that\u00a0 &#8220;the success of Bates students will serve as part of that reward&#8221; and challenged today&#8217;s scholarship recipients to help the next generation of students.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Mount David Luncheon 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11331194?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Thorson &#8217;10 of Storrs, Conn.,\u00a0 particularly appreciated meeting and speaking with alumni and upperclassmen who helped him discover his interest in economics and investment. &#8220;I want to express my gratitude to all the donors who made my four definitely unforgettable years possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emily Mount David Luncheon 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11331185?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Emily Grady &#8217;10 of Littleton, Mass., expresses relief and satisfaction in completing her senior thesis involving a community food assessment in Lewiston. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had a really outstanding experience at Bates, academically and extracurricularly &#8230; I want to thank you for your support in helping students like me come to this college.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hansen Mount David Luncheon 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11331210?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bates  President Elaine Tuttle Hansen thanks Mount David Society members and  donors of more than 1,000 endowed scholarship funds, noting that &#8220;100  percent of undergraduates with demonstrated need have their need fully  met because of you. We are able to meet this need and offer aid to  attract top students because &#8212; and only because &#8212; we have your  generous support.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a recent luncheon, donors who have made the Bates&#8217; experience possible for a new generation met some of the students who benefit from their generosity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[7,243,31],"tags":[1891,11047,10872,10830],"class_list":["post-25954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-annual-events","category-lewiston-auburn","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-financial-aid","tag-lewiston-auburn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25954"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76826,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25954\/revisions\/76826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}