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The Renaissance Scholarship

The Renaissance Society has presented scholarships to worthy CSUS students since 1993. The Renaissance Board of Directors voted in 2007 to increase the scholarship amount to $1,500, effective with the 2008 awards.

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The 2009 winners, announced at the May 4 Spring Luncheon, are (in photo from left) Crisostomo Yalung, Alexander Rashaad Gaither and Ramon Gabriel Figueroa.

 Photo by Garey Young

Yalung, who is 55, is pursuing his second career, seeking a masters of social work. In his native Philippines, he received a degree in philosophy and worked with special needs children. He also received a gerontology certificate from American River College. He wants to work with Sacramento's homeless, particularly seniors.

Gaither is a music major and trumpet player who is interested in music education, performing, audio engineering and math. He believes "music can help heal a tender heart at any age." He performs with several CSUS bands.

Figueroa is carrying a double major in psychology and film studies. He wants to create films to help people understand themselves and how to be human. He is doing research in stereotyping in films and would like to do films about seniors.

For more photos of them and the luncheon, click here.

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The 2008 winners, announced at the May 12 Spring Luncheon, are (in photo from left) Maria Guadalupe Oregel, a social work student; Duke Hong Huynh, a nursing and business management student; and Alicia Marquez Alvarez, a social work and English as a second language student.

For information about applying for the Renaissance Society scholarship, go to the CSUS Financial Aid page. Click on Institutional Scholarship; the application is only available from January through March.

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The 2007 scholarships were announced at the May 2 luncheon. The $1,000 awards were presented to (in photo from left) Seng Her, a kinesiology student; Florence Rivera, a nursing student; and Renee Latoures, a gerontology student.

 

 

Photos by Clarence Smith  

 

 

 

 

 

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