In Doyle we trust
Here’s why 150,000 SRJC students owe a shoutout to the legacy of Frank Doyle and family
By Janis Mara A ndrew Simmalaychanh will never On June 3, 2023, he received his diploma— and official notification that he had been awarded a Doyle Trust Scholarship to Santa Rosa Junior College. “I was elated,” the first-generation college student, now 19, says. “It meant that an institution thought I was valuable, my education was valuable, my time and my goals were valuable.” The financial assistance has been critically important, forget his high school graduation day, for more than one reason.
says Simmalaychanh, who is active in student government, works at Target part-time and has a 3.8 grade point average. Simmalaychanh is one of over 150,000 Santa Rosa Junior College students whose college doors were opened by Doyle Trust Scholarships since 1950.
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