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Announcing new Career Services program

Career Services Announcing new Career Services program Announcing new Career Services programThe Alray Scholars Program announces a new career services program to support scholars and graduates with their careers! Scholars and graduates looking to access one of the...

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Finish Forward Graduation Celebration

Finish Forward Graduation CelebrationEach year we gather in celebration of the achievements of our scholars. In June 2022, we were able to host an in-person event after a two-year break. Congratulations to our recent scholar graduates and thank you to our supporters...

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Meet Alray’s new Executive Director

Meet Alray’s new Executive Director

Message from the Board of Directors We have got some exciting news to start 2022: On behalf of the Alray Scholars Board, I am delighted to welcome Debbie Nguyen as our new Executive Director. Debbie comes to us with impressive leadership experience in the nonprofit...

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Alray Offers Security

Alray Offers Security

He is thankful to his mentor and Alray for helping him navigating the hurdles of returning to higher education as an adult learner. Brendan plans to continue to graduate school in order to better support the people he works with.

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Feeling Connected

Feeling Connected

Immediately after high school, Teresa Pina left Boston and went to school out of state, but after one semester, she made the decision to return home. For a while, she was considering not pursuing higher education at all, but eventually her desire to go back to school...

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“You can do it!”

“You can do it!”

Ultimately, Ayesha considers Alray’s financial support and her mentor instrumental in her higher education experience, and wants to thank the program for helping her successfully complete her degree. Through Alray, Ayesha was paired with her mentor, Janet Taylor.

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The Difference Mentoring Can Make

The Difference Mentoring Can Make

Jean Dolin is a communications major who is completing his degree through the Duet program at Southern New Hampshire University. He is finishing his program this year and wants graduate school to be his next step. Jean attributes much of his success to his...

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Success with Alray’s Resources

Success with Alray’s Resources

Sandra encourages everyone to become involved with Alray at any capacity. “Having all these resources available really contributed to my success,” she says, “and being an Alray mentor or a donor means that YOU are contributing to that success as well.”

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Learning Together Through Mentorships

Learning Together Through Mentorships

As a Dean at Tufts, Jean Herbert noticed that students with connections to “a more experienced voice” succeeded more frequently than students who did not. Through mentoring Edzana with Alray, she’s learned that mentorship helps the mentor grow, too.Jean Herbert made a...

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Mentoring the Next Generation

Mentoring the Next Generation

As a doctoral candidate at Harvard, the president of the Harvard Graduate council, and the Chair of a section at the American Public Health Association, Bryan Buckley uses his skills and shares them with his mentee, Jean.“My grandpa always said that we have two things...

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Neil Swidey,

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