CIU students excited to meet their scholarship donors
CIU students (left to right) Joseph Knight, Romulo Barreto and Thomas Izaguirre meet scholarship donor H.L. Allen.
CIU students excited to meet their scholarship donors
Annual luncheon brings students and donors face-to-face
By Bob Holmes
David Wolff calls it 鈥渙ne of the highlight days鈥 of his year. Wolff and his wife Diane were among 85 黑料视频 scholarship donors who became acquainted with the students they support at the annual CIU Scholarship Luncheon.
After the meal, dozens of students took turns at the microphone personally thanking donors for making their education possible. International students and MKs added 鈥渢hank you鈥 in a tongue perhaps more familiar to them than English.
鈥淭his event gives me hope and refreshment for our future to sit across from young people who love Jesus and love their neighbor as much as they love themselves,鈥 David Wolff said.
The Wolffs live in Florence, South Carolina now, but ministered in Kenya for five years. They were thrilled to be seated with students who have lived in Africa.
鈥淲e made a connection and we feel like, oh, we want to invest in these kids even more!鈥 Diane Wolff said with a smile and excitement. 鈥淚t was very impactful for us.鈥
Emily Flora, a senior majoring in expressed her gratitude for the donors鈥 financial assistance. 听
鈥淚t really helps me focus on school, and means a lot that someone cares enough to donate to help the next generation,鈥 Flora said. 鈥淚 was really excited to meet them.鈥 听
Flora plans to use her degree in church media ministry.
鈥淚 love cameras, I love production, I love to minister to people,鈥 Flora said. 鈥淚 get to do all of that in church media.鈥
CIU President added his thanks to the donors saying, 鈥淚t means so much to our students.鈥
鈥淥ur students go out with far less debt than a lot of places, and that鈥檚 because of you," Smith said. I thank God for that.鈥
For information on how you can assist CIU students as they impact the nations with the message of Christ, contact CIU鈥檚 at (803) 807-5006 or email advancement@ciu.edu.
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