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La’Ron White hugs Kearns Center academic advisor Melissa Raucci. (University photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of the more than 1,300 graduating seniors who will receive degrees during this weekend\u2019s commencement ceremonies, 75 have earned scholarships through the University\u2019s David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity. The students were honored in a ceremony on May 4.<\/p>\n

Established in 2002, the center has the goal of increasing diversity in higher education by building an educational pipeline, from undergraduate through graduate school, for students who might not otherwise have had access to higher education.<\/p>\n

Named for the late David Kearns \u201952\u2014 the former CEO of the Xerox Corp. who championed diversity as a business leader, policymaker, and University trustee\u2014the center administers a variety of scholarships and offers other forms of support to students who are from low-income families, are the first person in their family to attend college, and in many, but not all, cases, are African American, Native American, or Hispanic\u2014groups identified by the federal government as underrepresented in higher education.<\/p>\n

Students served by the Kearns Center span the disciplines. This year\u2019s graduates include English major La\u2019Ron White, who will continue his education at the Warner School of Education this fall and hopes one day to start a counseling program. A Rochester native and East High School graduate, White says, \u201cIt\u2019s a daunting task to put what the Kearns Center means to me in words. I owe a great amount of my success, as well as my character, to the staff. I love them dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Biochemistry major Aryel Clarke was honored as a McNair Scholar. (Photo credit: David T. Kearns Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also graduating is biochemistry major Aryel Clarke, who grew up near Cleveland. Her family was low-income, and neither of her parents, who had gone through what she calls \u201can ugly divorce\u201d when she was 11, had attended college. She heads to the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison to pursue a PhD in biochemistry in the fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found it to be an overwhelming source of support for me,\u201d she says of the Kearns Center. \u201cWhen I joined the Kearns Center, I met a group of staff and students who understood my financial struggles and the stresses that come from having a less than perfect home life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m genuinely impressed with the strength, dedication and focus of our graduating class,\u201d says Beth Olivares, executive director of the Kearns Center and dean for diversity initiatives. \u201cThey\u2019re entering graduate and professional degree programs in many disciplines, and the workforce in a wide variety of fields. What coheres them all is a desire to make the world a better place through the application of their talent and energy. I can\u2019t wait to see the impact they make on the world in the years and decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a complete list of the graduates, by scholarship program:<\/p>\n

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\nMcNair Scholars<\/a>
\nCharlotte Aten
\nSamantha Boerner
\nAshley Bui
\nAryel Clarke
\nMelia Douyon
\nBenjamin Gerstner
\nElizana-Marie Joseph
\nDestiny Maitland
\nEric Mestiza
\nChizi Onyekwere
\nCarlos Rojas Mena
\nCaprecia Singleton
\nKim Sittihisack
\nJack Valinsky<\/div>\n
Kearns Scholars<\/a>
\nGift Adikema
\nJackie-Lynn Albright
\nIman Ali
\nChiamaka Alozie
\nSierra Ballou
\nKwame Bell
\nMichelle Benassai
\nDanielle Branton
\nDavon Brown
\nCrystal Colon
\nDarius Colson
\nMonsurat Fabanwo
\nMakenzie Gabriel
\nJayne Godette
\nCharlisa Goodlet
\nAlanna Hardy
\nTerika Harrell
\nTahreem Kamal
\nJordan Landfair
\nLeon Lin
\nJackquelin Loera
\nRyan Mendoza
\nAnqesha Murray
\nVinh (Aaron) Nguyen
\nJhanmarie Ortiz-Garcia
\nKasandra Reyes
\nKanecia Ruiz
\nPierrot Rutagarama
\nManal Sidi
\nBridgette Thomas
\nLysa Vasquez
\nTyler Vasquez-Dorn
\nLa\u2019Ron White
\nNathaniel Woodard<\/div>\n
Xerox Engineering Research Scholars<\/a>
\nComfort Adeyemi
\nJon Aho
\nAbdulwahab Alhaji
\nMelissa Becker
\nKelly Chang
\nRannulu Dev Fonseka
\nTristan Ford
\nRebecca Gillie
\nLing (Kelly) He
\nShira Johnston
\nStephanie Kamau
\nMara Lanis
\nRaymond Lopez-Rios
\nVito Martino
\nIbrahim Mohammad
\nZhayou Nie
\nBreanna O\u2019Reilly
\nAmanda Smith
\nZoe Tiet
\nJames Tobias
\nKaran Vombatkere
\nHaitong (Tina) Wang
\nMichaela Wentz
\nCatherine Yip
\nZirui Zang
\nXueqi (Sophie) Zhang
\nYiheng Zhou<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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