"New Scholarship Funding"- A news article for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

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"New Scholarship Funding"- A news article for the University of Miami School of Business magazine

Published in BusinessMiami magazine and on magazine website.

By Rochelle Broder-Singer

A UNIQUE, recently endowed scholarship will offer new opportunities to students who wish to study international business, while helping increase the School’s diversity. Angel and Margie Gallinal created the Gallinal Family Endowed Scholarship, which will assist undergraduate School of Business students who are first-generation citizens and members of underrepresented minority groups. The students must plan to study international business.

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"The Piechoski Family Endowed Graduate Engineering Fellowship Fund" - An donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"The Piechoski Family Endowed Graduate Engineering Fellowship Fund" - An donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

07/31/17

In 1972, when Michael J. “Pete” Piechoski (BBA ’76) was applying to colleges, “University of Miami was really the only school that gave me a shot,” he said. “I didn’t know how lucky I was then. Because if I could do it all over again, UM is exactly where I’d want to be.”

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"The College of Engineering Scholarship Fund Turns a Dream into a Reality"- A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"The College of Engineering Scholarship Fund Turns a Dream into a Reality"- A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering website.

By Nancy Abramson | 10/31/17

As a young girl growing up in Venezuela, neither the University of Miami nor an engineering degree was on the radar for Maria Villasmil (BSIE ’16). But in 2005, the Villasmil family moved to Miami. It was the perfect place for the family to settle, enabling them to hold onto their Venezuelan roots while enjoying Miami’s diversity of cultures.

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"Giving From a Deep Well of UM Pride" – A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

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"Giving From a Deep Well of UM Pride" – A donor impact article for the University of Miami College of Engineering

By Rochelle Broder-Singer | 09/25/17 

Hurricane pride runs deep in the Milton family. Three brothers, one of the brother’s wives and two of their sons are all UM graduates – and all attribute their career successes to their UM educations. Husband and wife Cecil J.

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