Meet Laura Helling
ed SCC’s 2014 Distinguish ient Alumni Award Recip
for Wings of Hope, As the director of development anization, Laura an international non-profit org humanitarian Director of Develop travels the globe, supporting ment t, fac In y. ert pov of out ple peo for Wings of Hope efforts that lift to more than 100 over the past year she’s been ies. villages in a half dozen countr had no idea lege almost 20 years ago, she Col y nit mu Com s rle Cha St. When Laura attended ded a start. did know was that she just nee she at Wh . her e tak uld wo eer this is where her car se by and offered a fect choice for her as it was clo per the s wa SCC , five of r the And, being a mo flexible schedule. ironment d she enjoyed the academic env sai She . nal me eno ph as rs earning an Laura described her teache success. So much so, that after for her ed par pre t tha SCC at and gained a set of skills rsity and then degree from Lindenwood Unive or’s hel bac a ned ear she , ree Associate of Arts deg ngton University. a master’s degree from Washi Art Centre and was cultural cutive director of the Foundry exe the as ved ser she y, wa Along the g the organization to grow ers Cultural Arts Center, helpin Pet St. of y Cit the for r iso erv arts sup the arts. s to establish local interest in ort eff s oot ssr gra ing nat rdi and coo s and Culture munity. She served on the Art com the to s ute trib con she Beyond her work, Riverside is a founding board member of She s. rle Cha St. of y Cit the h Commission wit Hills, a member of er for the Festival of the Little mb me rd boa a , Co. e atr The Shakespeare bert Airport’s Art sionals and is a member of Lam fes Pro g isin dra Fun for n atio the Associ Advisory Committee. making sure ing in the power of education and iev bel for , ers mb me y nit mu Thank you, fellow com ra’s. for those with stories just like Lau ch rea hin wit s ain rem ree deg access to a college ni. stchas.edu/distinguishedalum To nominate an SCC alum, visit
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