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2-9-2001
New Hampshires Top Students Are Offered the
Distinction of Presidential Scholars at UNH
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New Hampshire's Top Students
Are Offered the Distinction of
Presidential Scholars at UNH
Program Provides $3,000 Scholarships and an
Invitation to Prestigious Honors Program
UNH News Bureau
February 9, 2001
DURHAM, N.H. ‚ The University of New Hampshire
has just made it a little easier for the state's top high
school students to attend the university. Valedictorians
who are New Hampshire residents graduating from a
public high school will be designated Presidential
Scholars. The distinction means a $3,000 scholarship as
well as an invitation to participate in UNH's highly
regarded Honors Program.
"This is part of a much larger effort to keep the state's
best students in New Hampshire, both for their college
educations and for the start of their professional lives,"
explains Mark Rubinstein, vice provost for enrollment
management. "That's one of the reasons that scholarship
support was identified as a critical need for the
university's Next Horizon capital campaign."
Further, if the state funds the Granite State Scholars
Program in this legislative session — a concept that
was supported by state lawmakers last year — it would
provide public funds to leverage private gifts that would
create an endowment to support scholarships for more
of the state's best students to enroll in New Hampshire's
public colleges and the University.
"We want to extend this type of support to more of our
New Hampshire students, but for now, we are taking
the first step, " Rubinstein says.
He notes that one of several goals of UNH's $100
million capital campaign is student scholarships. Since
the campaign kick-off, more than $14.7 million has
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been raised for scholarships alone. The target is $28
million.
"The university's capital campaign, The Next Horizon,
is beginning to make a difference," says UNH President
Joan Leitzel. "In terms of scholarship support, we are
more than halfway to our goal. The response of alumni
and friends enables us to begin to move in these
directions."
Leitzel adds that there is a special bond between the
president and the Presidential Scholars. Through
occasional breakfasts and other forms of outreach, she
counts on these students to provide her with insights
into their educational experiences as well as the
experiences of their peers.
"I want to know if we are challenging them enough and
supporting them enough," says Leitzel.
"This is just one step toward a more substantial
commitment to the state's best students," she says, "The
state of New Hampshire needs these students to stay in
New Hampshire, and we want to make it possible for
them to attend UNH."
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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices2-9-2001New Hampshires Top Students Are Offered theDistinction of Presidential Scholars at UNHUNH NewsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationNews, UNH, "New Hampshires Top Students Are Offered the Distinction of Presidential Scholars at UNH" (2001). UNH Today.2408.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/240811/6/17, 11'40 AMNew Hampshire's Top Students Are Offered the Distinction of Presidential Scholars at UNHPage 1 of 2http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/news_releases/2001/february/kb_20010209scholars.html New Hampshire's Top StudentsAre Offered the Distinction ofPresidential Scholars at UNHProgram Provides $3,000 Scholarships and anInvitation to Prestigious Honors ProgramUNH News BureauFebruary 9, 2001DURHAM, N.H. ‚ The University of New Hampshirehas just made it a little easier for the state's top highschool students to attend the university. Valedictorianswho are New Hampshire residents graduating from apublic high school will be designated PresidentialScholars. The distinction means a $3,000 scholarship aswell as an invitation to participate in UNH's highlyregarded Honors Program."This is part of a much larger effort to keep the state'sbest students in New Hampshire, both for their collegeeducations and for the start of their professional lives,"explains Mark Rubinstein, vice provost for enrollmentmanagement. "That's one of the reasons that scholarshipsupport was identified as a critical need for theuniversity's Next Horizon capital campaign."Further, if the state funds the Granite State ScholarsProgram in this legislative session — a concept thatwas supported by state lawmakers last year — it wouldprovide public funds to leverage private gifts that wouldcreate an endowment to support scholarships for moreof the state's best students to enroll in New Hampshire'spublic colleges and the University."We want to extend this type of support to more of ourNew Hampshire students, but for now, we are takingthe first step, " Rubinstein says.He notes that one of several goals of UNH's $100million capital campaign is student scholarships. Sincethe campaign kick-off, more than $14.7 million has11/6/17, 11'40 AMNew Hampshire's Top Students Are Offered the Distinction of Presidential Scholars at UNHPage 2 of 2http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/news_releases/2001/february/kb_20010209scholars.htmlbeen raised for scholarships alone. The target is $28million."The university's capital campaign, The Next Horizon,is beginning to make a difference," says UNH PresidentJoan Leitzel. "In terms of scholarship support, we aremore than halfway to our goal. The response of alumniand friends enables us to begin to move in thesedirections."Leitzel adds that there is a special bond between thepresident and the Presidential Scholars. Throughoccasional breakfasts and other forms of outreach, shecounts on these students to provide her with insightsinto their educational experiences as well as theexperiences of their peers."I want to know if we are challenging them enough andsupporting them enough," says Leitzel."This is just one step toward a more substantialcommitment to the state's best students," she says, "Thestate of New Hampshire needs these students to stay inNew Hampshire, and we want to make it possible forthem to attend UNH."Back to UNH News Bureau

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