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Atkinson Scholarship

Financial Aid Catch 22

April 12, 2013

Private scholarship providers (like the Sudbury Foundation) are often frustrated by the practice of  “displacement” or “substitution” by college financial aid offices who withdraw their need-based aid when students receive outside scholarships, like the Atkinson Scholarship. The truth is federal and state rules require colleges to do this. Financial aid expert Mark Kantowitz explains it […]

Assessing Financial Need

September 5, 2012

Will you qualify for an Atkinson Scholarship? College application season is underway and while our scholarship deadline isn’t until February 1, it is time to begin thinking about scholarship support to help defray the high cost of college. Families often call and ask whether they’ll meet our financial need requirements. We’d like to be able […]

Recognizing the 2012 Atkinson Scholars

May 10, 2012

May is always a great time of year at the Foundation. That’s when we get to recognize our newest Atkinson Scholarship recipients and their families at a breakfast reception at the Grange Hall. This year’s honorees included: Olivia Bankuti, Lauren Chunias, Nathan Galloway, Celia Greenlaw, Megan Griffin, Madison Herel, Amanda Irvine, Yarik Loban, Devon McCann, […]

Mode Exhibits at Concord Art Assn.

January 20, 2012

Following her graduation from Skidmore College last summer, Atkinson scholarship recipient and talented artist Hannah Mode used an Atkinson Opportunity Grant to work with the Awamaki Weaving Project in Peru, helping impoverished Quechua women  revitalize an endangered weaving tradition while encouraging their financial independence. An exhibit of Mode’s photography from her two-month volunteer experience and […]

Do What You Love

October 6, 2011

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, gave one of the most profound commencement speeches at Stanford University in 2005. I think of it every year at graduation time and often pass along his simple and sage advice to the students in our scholarship program as they head off to college. His […]

Breakfast of Champions

July 19, 2011

On the cusp of greatness, the 15 Atkinson Scholarship recipients, selected for their scholastic achievement and contributions to the community, celebrated their award at an annual breakfast hosted by the Foundation on May 15, 2011. The Atkinson Scholarship Program recognizes local students with financial need, academic promise and the capacity to make a meaningful contribution to […]

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