{"id":15,"date":"2016-01-06T22:21:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T22:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2016-03-03T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T17:12:15","slug":"learning-living-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/learning-living-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships: an investment in tomorrow&#8217;s leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em>Figuring out how to pay for college is a constant concern for current and prospective students and their families. Fortunately, receiving a scholarship relieves some of that burden.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fels6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-174 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fels6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"fels6\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fels6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fels6-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At Nichols College, every dollar that\u2019s given to a scholarship fund helps a student who otherwise wouldn\u2019t be able to afford Nichols.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond providing financial assistance, scholarships motivate students \u2013 to attend college, to stay in college, to study hard, to succeed, and to gain a greater appreciation of the circle of philanthropic life: People whom they have never met but who have walked in their shoes on the Nichols campus are making an investment in their future.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/endowments-and-scholarships\/making-a-difference-for-someone-similar\/\">(Read about how the generosity of Jim Wagner &#8217;59 is making a difference.)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nichols College offers a numbers of scholarships to bridge the gap of unmet need and motivate students to seize opportunities, discover their potential and distinguish themselves in the workplace. At Nichols, scholarships are investments in tomorrow\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u201cI attribute my achievements in business to my experience at Nichols. I hope to contribute to the success of current and future Nichols\u2019 students by making life a little easier financially for those who really need it.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Bob Vaudreuil \u201977, Scholarship Donor<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5>Percentage of Full-time Students Receiving Aid: 98<\/h5>\n<h5>Nichols College Endowment: $9.7 million<\/h5>\n<h5>Endowed Scholarship Goal: 45+<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/endowments-and-scholarships\/john-davis-challenge\/\">Find out here how you can help a deserving student today with this inspirational challenge! <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figuring out how to pay for college is a constant concern for current and prospective students and their families. Fortunately, receiving a scholarship relieves some of that burden. At Nichols College, every dollar that\u2019s given to a scholarship fund helps a student who otherwise wouldn\u2019t be able to afford Nichols. Beyond providing financial assistance, scholarships [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campaign.nichols.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}