The community that Kalyn is helping to build at Penn State is the real goal of the scholarship, according to its creator. Martha says, “It’s not just the recipients who benefit from a gift like this. The diversity of Penn State is incredibly important to all our students. It makes you a more effective leader, in business or in any other field, to understand people of different cultural backgrounds. The more diverse your educational environment, the better prepared you are for a diverse world.”
Chloe Elmer
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tural Women’s forum and a member of several other diversity organizations. Kalyn says, “Scholarships have allowed me to cut down my hours at my two jobs and focus on being a leader. College has now become a debt sentence, but without education, it’s impossible in today’s world to achieve your dreams. The support I’ve received has meant so much to me that I want to give back, too.”
Martha Barnhart Jordan (opposite), Natalie Unger (above), Kalyn Flournoy (below)
The President’s Report on Philanthropy and Endowments
2011–12
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