Success Stories

Success Stories

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  Heading Back to Kindergarten to Teach for America

  Lydia Albanesius, SPA/BA ’07, a recipient of the Lura Bradfield Foundation Scholarship, thought she wanted to go to law school. Then she realized she didn't want to be a lawyer - she just wanted to do social justice work.
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  For Alum, Career Began at AU

  For the past few years, Tom Jacobson, SIS/BA '87, has headed the Friends of the Library Steering Committee, helping to raise both money and awareness for the University Library.
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  Art Matters

  An artist and poet currently living in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Annemarie Collins, CAS/MFA '87, dedicates much of her time and energy to elevating the role of art in society.
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  Brown Gives Back with
  Scholarship Fund

  The Browns established the Sylvia and Alfred Brown Scholarship Fund in 1999 for a student studying chemistry and sociology at AU.
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  Board Chairman, SPA/BA '68, Gives
  $2 Million to SOC and SIS Buildings

  Though it may seem SIS has been getting most of the press of its new building’s sustainable design, Abramson expects the McKinley Building, to be renovated as SOC’s new home, will garner just as much excitement.
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  Alumni Board Member Follows
  Instincts to Successful Career

  A love of journalism led Alumni Board member Jonah Gitlitz, KSB/BS '55 to a successful career in direct marketing.