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PRESS RELEASE Re: TWO LOCAL PRINCETON STUDENTS RECEIVE GRANTS Date: June 20, 2007 From: Princeton Club of Rochester Contact person: Scott Forsyth 262-3400 or sforsyth@frontiernet.net
The Princeton Club of Rochester has awarded grants to two local students attending Princeton University , Abigail Dwyer ‘08 and Marci Pasenello ‘10, to enable them to intern this summer at area not-for-profit agencies. Abigail, of Pittsford, will be interning at the St. Joseph ’s Neighborhood Center , a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph. She will be involved in triage, referrals, strategic planning, and assessments of community health needs. At Princeton she is in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and has a special interest in domestic health care policy. In her words, the “Center’s mission of providing high-quality preventive and health maintenance services to uninsured families fits exactly my personal desire to further broaden my own knowledge of the current state of healthcare within our society.” The Center is equally keen about her coming. Marci, of Honeoye Falls , will be interning at the Genesee Land Trust, an agency dedicated to protecting natural lands in the Greater Rochester Area. She will help manage the existing properties of the Trust, create baseline reports of the properties, update the website of the Trust, and coordinate high school walk-a-thons. Marci lives next to Lehigh Crossing Park , a public park whose purchase the Trust facilitated. She wants to pursue a career in environmental law and politics. “By taking direct action in trail work and land inventories, I will acquire basic knowledge about nature through practical experiences.” The Trust is excited about the support that she will lend it. (Quote by Gay) Neither the Center nor the Trust could afford to hire Abigail and Marci. Fortunately, the Princeton Club of Rochester, representing the alumni of Princeton University residing in the Rochester area, was able to fund the internships. The Club has been doing this for three years now. In fact, Abigail was the recipient of its first grant in 2005, when she interned at the Catholic Family Center . This activity of the Club is a win-win for everyone. The students obtain a meaningful summer experience with a stipend. The not-for-profit agencies are energized by the enthusiasm, intelligence, and knowledge of the Princeton students. The community profits from the participation of the students for another summer. The more Princeton students return and witness the many advantages that our area has to offer, the greater the chance that after graduation they will settle in the Rochester area. The Club is doing its part to reverse the flight of twenty-somethings.
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Contact: Margaret Potter Assistant Director Genesee Land Trust 500 East Avenue, Suite 200 Rochester NY 14607 (585) 256-2130
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