Seniors fund Living the Dream Scholarship When members of the Class of 2019 arrived on campus in August of 2015, their orientation featured a presentation by motivational speaker Curtis Zimmerman. President Michael T. Victor with a check for $15,099.78 to fund the newly created Living the Dream Scholarship.
Class of 2018 create an endowed scholarship honoring Sister Lisa Mary McCartney, RSM. “It is amazing how these students have had the ability to pull together with relatively limited resources and raise this amount of money for a scholarship,” said Kubiak. “I am both happy and honored to have been asked by President Victor to help enable this opportunity and I look forward to seeing the connection these students maintain with the university in the years to come.”
“Living the dream is helping others to live the dream and you are doing just that with this scholarship,” Zimmerman told the students. The scholarship will assist with tuition costs for a student who is pursuing an internship or career experience. Alumnus and Trustee Lev Kubiak had agreed to match the money raised by the students up to $10,000, creating an endowed scholarship that will beneft students indefnitely. He made a similar matching gift last year to help the
Zimmerman has been a regular at Mercyhurst orientations for more than decade. Drawing from his own career in the entertainment industry, Zimmerman urges students to position their lives as performances: you defne your character, write your script, and cast your show wisely to live your dream. During graduation weekend in May,
Trustee Lev Kubiak, President Michael Victor, Curtis Zimmerman, and senior leaders Cole Prots, Taylor Cavaretta, Rachel Hull and Maddie Weitz.
Zimmerman was back at Mercyhurst to witness the impact of his words as seniors presented Class of ’69 creates endowed scholarship
The Class of 1969 celebrated its 50th anniversary during Reunion Weekend in June. Class members presented President Michael T. Victor with a check for $25,000 to establish the Class of 1969 Endowed Scholarship.
On hand for the gathering were (seated from left) Emily Fatica Sertz, Patti Sullivan, Bonnie DeLuca Faulkner, Kathleen Kelley Smith, Louise Tavinello, Meda Mitchell Lee, and Bernadette Fill Krehnovi; (standing from left), Kathy Cermak Polito, Mary Sroka Kollin, Lynda Underwood Lefaiver, Catherine Varca, Cheryl Stroup, Mary Ann Morton-Bliley, Christine Syguda Bailey, Mary Fisher Yonkers, Marcy Mikulec Galitsky, Lynn Varricchio, Ann Brugger Schoeller, Rosalie Hodas Tellers, Teri Zupsic Reese, Camille Delucia Matthews, and Sylvia D’Aurora Reising.
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