Kenyon College

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh has created a scholarship for her alma mater, Kenyon College, in honor of her grandparents. The Zangwill Rudolph and Florence Laye Scholarship will be given annually to a first generation college student.

Read the article here.

Brief youtube video here.

"Establishing a scholarship for a particular child in a specific circumstance was incredibly attractive to me," Walsh said. "My grandmother and grandfather came to this country and educated their family with their hard work and sacrifice, and I want to give a student the same opportunity."

Giving back to Kenyon College

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh has established the Zangwill Rudolph and Florence Laye Scholarship, to be given annually to a first generation college student at her alma mater, Kenyon College. In doing so Mrs. Walsh is paying a debt of gratitude to the Kenyon professors who gave her a love of the written word and to her grandparents, immigrants who worked hard to give their family a better life.

"Establishing a scholarship for a particular child in a specific circumstance was incredibly attractive to me," Walsh said. "My grandmother and grandfather came to this country and educated their family with their hard work and sacrifice, and I want to give a student the same opportunity."

View the Kenyon College "50 before 50" article here.

A few photos of Kenyon College here.

A New Generation of Leaders

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh recently created a scholarship at Kenyon College in honor of her grandparents. The Zangwill Rudolph and Florence Laye Scholarship will be given annually to a first generation college student. Walsh was attracted to the idea of positively impacting an individual student in a meaningful way. "The knowledge that I am helping individuals make better lives for themselves makes this a real cause for me," Walsh said. "For me, it's all about the one-on-one impact."

Link to the Kenyon College article here.

Kenyon College

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh established the Zangwill Rudolph and Florence Laye Scholarship at her alma mater, Kenyon College, in 2007.

"Establishing a scholarship for a particular child in a specific circumstance was incredibly attractive to me," Walsh said. "My grandmother and grandfather came to this country and educated their family with their hard work and sacrifice, and I want to give a student the same opportunity."

Link: http://campaign.kenyon.edu/x2660.xml