Salokar Scholarship helps first generation
student pursue law school dream
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irst generation college student Constance Lee never imagined her dream of attending law school would come true. Now, the political science graduate can pursue her dream thanks to the Rebecca M. Salokar Scholarship Endowment. Lee, who received $2,000 to help pay for law school at FIU’s College of Law, is the first recipient of the scholarship, created in memory of Rebecca Salokar, former chair of the Department of Politics and International Relations. “This scholarship has helped greatly in easing some of my worries,” Lee said. “I previously thought of law school as a somewhat unattainable goal due to my economic conditions.” Salokar, an associate professor who was at the university for more than three decades, died Dec. 19, 2016, after a long battle with cancer. The scholarship, a legacy of her generosity and commitment to students, is geared toward students in politics and international relations who are enrolled in a pre-law course of study. Lee graduated magna cum laude with a 3.78 GPA as an elected member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She hopes that after law school, she can use her degree within the intelligence community, U.S. government or as an officer in the military’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
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“I thank Dr. Salokar, Judge Judith Rubenstein and the Department of Politics and International Relations for not only helping me financially, but also helping to make sure I am truly prepared for the journey I am about to take,” she said.
Florida International University | Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs
3/30/18 12:50 PM