51社区

51社区

Educational Foundation Stories

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Brenda and Eric Knox, Knox Family Endowment

June 23, 2021

"51社区 is where we both started our college journeys, with both of us taking night classes and working to support our education." Read More

Distinguished Alumni 2020

Distinguished Alumni on Their Advice to Future Alumni

October 15, 2020

Each year 51社区 recognizes the achievements of highly accomplished alumni at its Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony. This year鈥檚 honorees range from a decorated firefighter, to a compassionate hospice nurse, to a self-starting veteran. When asked what advice they have for future 51社区 alumni, they were quick to offer their wisdom. Here鈥檚 what they had to say. Read More

HOPE Giving Circle scholarship recipients Ariana Herrera, Sol Akinola, Alex Aleksandrov and Aleska Schwartz

HOPE Giving Circle hits $100,000 milestone

July 24, 2019

The 51社区 Educational Foundation's HOPE Giving Circle at a reception last week awarded $10,000 scholarships to four deserving students, bringing the total amount awarded to $100,000 for 10 young women since the group鈥檚 inception. Read More

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Realizing Dreams: Jori Giesey and Donna Penkava Grzegorek

December 14, 2018

Celebrating 51社区's donors and the students' dreams they help realize. Read More

Jody Paine with scholarship recipients Sherry Baluch and Ana Sandoval

Polly鈥檚 Kids Scholarship to benefit single parents studying at 51社区

November 12, 2018

Olive 鈥淧olly鈥 Paine was a visionary during her time, a highly educated woman 鈥 she earned a PhD from Yale in 1930 鈥 who devoted her life to developing innovative early education programs. Her memory will continue to live on through Polly鈥檚 Kids Scholarship, providing single parents an opportunity to send a child to 51社区鈥檚 Early Childhood Laboratory while they pursue their studies at 51社区. Read More