O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science. “When I applied to the scholarship, I felt like I was extending the part of myself that went to school in Boston,” says Community Service scholar Theresa Piard (Sargent’25), a resident of Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood and a graduate of John D. All told, more than 2,500 students have received one of the two scholarships since the programs began. Some 352 BPS graduates are attending Boston University through the Menino and Community Service programs during the 2021-2022 academic year. Photo by Jake BelcherĪdd it up: that’s 84 Boston Public Schools graduates starting classes at BU this year on scholarships totaling more than $18.6 million over four years. Brown, BU president, and Brenda Cassellius, Boston Schools superintendent, at an August ceremony. If they meet this requirement through the fall of their senior year, their final semester work is waived.Ĭommunity Service scholar Theresa Piard (Sargent’25) (center), a resident of Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, with Robert A. Starting with their BU second semester, the Community Service scholars must also complete 25 hours of volunteer work each semester. An additional 15 new transfer students have also received Community Service scholarships.īoth scholarship programs support students for all four years of their undergraduate education, as long as they maintain at least a 2.0 GPA while earning a minimum of 12 credits per semester.
This year the University is also providing 42 BPS graduates with Boston University Community Service Award scholarships, which meet recipients’ full calculated financial need, without loans. “That was very important, because there were a lot of tears and a lot of sleepless nights, and I am super-happy to be recognized for my achievements.” “It was a way for me to be recognized for my academics as well,” Dennery says. Menino Scholars are also eligible for need-based aid for the cost of room and board. The psychology major is one of 27 Boston Public Schools (BPS) 2021 graduates receiving full-tuition merit scholarships to BU through the Menino Scholarship program, based on their academic record. To be awarded this scholarship is like a huge burden taken off her.” “I applied for this scholarship because it would be very hard for my mom to pay for me out of pocket, and I got it. “It’s been difficult growing up, because she has to take care of two kids on her own,” Dennery says from her room in The Towers on Bay State Road.
Her father passed away years ago, and her mother works as a nurse. I want to be a doctor, and this scholarship has taken a burden away so I can solely focus on my academics.”Ī graduate of Boston Latin Academy, Dennery, whose parents both arrived here as teenaged immigrants from Haiti, is a first-generation American. “Especially being a Black woman and trying to go into STEM. “I am incredibly, incredibly blessed to be in an environment where I am meeting so many great people who inspire me,” says Alicia Dennery (CAS’25), a Boston Public Schools graduate and one of this year’s BU Thomas M.