$8,000 Michele Iavagnilio Charitable Service Scholarship

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The Iavagnilio Charitable Service Scholarship is designed for the Athena student who can best demonstrate a commitment to and active participation in charitable service in his or her community. Because we at Athena place a very high value on giving back to the world, this scholarship is aimed at rewarding students that have a history of taking initiative to make the world a better place through charitable service.

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Spring 2012 Winner: Nicole Powell

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WINNER: Nicole Powell

SCHOOL: Grove City College

Athena is proud to award the Iavagnilio Charitable Service Scholarship to Nicole Powell from Grove City College. Nicole is a wonderful example of a student who has demonstrated a lifetime of giving back to her community through charitable service.

From working with the Special Olympics, building homes for needy families, spearheading fundraisers, doing service work both in the US (in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, and more) as well as overseas in her work with African orphans and working to provide clean drinking water to communities in Morocco, Nicole is a shining example of a model global citizen.

Let's take a moment to congratulate Nicole on her life of service, and hope that she will serve as an example to all of us that we can do more!

Spring 2011 Winner: Kristen Doyle

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WINNER: Kristen Doyle

SCHOOL: Miami University

Kristen spent two summers doing charitable service in villages on the Fiji Islands which affected her so much that she came back and organized a collection drive for the villages she had worked in. Kristen was able to send over six hundred pounds of contributions because of this drive.

As Alpha Phi's Director of Philanthropy, Kristen organized the most successful "King of Hearts" event, raising more than $6,000 for the Alpha Phi Foundation in support of Cardiac Care. Kristen wants to continue her work in Charitable Service and dreams of starting a charitable service organization that does charitable service work internationally.

Congratulations to Kristen on winning the Michele Iavagnilio Charitable Service Scholarship!

Spring 2010 Winner: Kristie Serrano

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WINNER: Kristie Serrano

SCHOOL: University of Florida

Kristie Serrano

Athena's first-ever Iavagnilio Charitable Service Scholarship recipient is Kristie Serrano, a Psychology major from the University of Florida, who will be studying at Athena's partner school in Florence, Italy during Spring 2010. Kristie embodies the spirit of the Iavagnilio Charitable Service Scholarship and has been selected to receive the $8000.00 award.

From volunteering with the YMCA as a freshman in high school to running in and raising funds for Race for the Cure for six years in a row, from spending her spring break helping the One-In-Teen organization in Nashville, Tennesse to volunteering at Camp Boggy Creek (a camp for children with serious illnesses), Kristie has dedicated herself unselfishly to helping others: "Volunteering is and will continue to be an important part of my life. I'm the type of person that takes initiative, and I know wherever I live I will find the volunteer opportunities in my community and help in any way I can. It's part of my nature."

In the words of her recommender, Kristie is a "conscientious, sensitive, compassionate, engaging, and passionate individual... [who] will be genuinely appreciate of the opportunities awarded by the scholarship and maximize every opportunity that is offered to her as a result." Congratulations Kristie!

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