The 20th annual Dream Ceremony on July 19 honored 27 high school graduates in the TRiO Upward Bound program who are going to college this fall supported by Minnesota I Have a Dream Scholarships.
Also honored were 14 new grads of the U and five other Minnesota colleges who fulfilled the dream of becoming the first in their families to finish college. Dozens of Upward Bound students still in high school and Dream Scholars still in college also attended to be part of the milestone celebration. The event included student performances (see photo).
The Minnesota Dream Scholarship program was founded by Karen Sternal and her late husband, Bill Lahr, in collaboration with the U of M TRiO programs. TRiO is a federally supported initiative whose U of M presence is located in CEHD. More than 450 Dream scholarships have been awarded since 1991.
Read more in “Legacy of a dream,” a feature in CEHD Connect magazine, and on the TRiO website.