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.