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2008-2009 Phillips Scholar Alumni Award
Bianka Mancebo
The Phillips Scholar Alumni Award was established in 2003 to recognize one new scholarship recipient in particular who has exhibited strong involvement in his or her community as well as meeting our financial need and academic standards. The Trustees are very pleased to award an $8,000 scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year to Bianka Mancebo of Salem, MA, who will attend Quinnipiac University this fall.
Bianka plans to study nursing at Quinnipiac, as she has always been interested in the medical field. Her years spent as a weekly volunteer at the Shaughnessy Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital have helped to refine that interest, as has her family’s personal experience in the wake of her father’s recent accident that left him paralyzed. “Although he was fortunate to have great medical attention from skilled doctors, I strongly believe that the nurses who cared for him made a considerable difference in his rehabilitation after the surgery,” she says. Bianka hopes to develop the same strong relationships with her patients’ families once she is a nurse as well.
Bianka hopes to dive into campus life at Quinnipiac at the same level as at Salem High School, where she thoroughly enjoyed all of her community service activities. A frequent fundraiser for causes including Breast Cancer and Multiple Sclerosis, she also tutored other students after school, was a Peer Mentor, and helped to prepare and serve meals at the Salem Shelter. Highlights of her time at Salem High School include the caring staff and teachers who demonstrate great compassion for their students and devotion to teaching.
Many thanks go to all of the alumni of The Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund who donated so generously to the Alumni Scholarship. A friend of the scholarship matches all donations dollar for dollar, which makes each contribution a significant gift. All monies raised were used toward Bianka’s award.
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