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Over the years, Robin Willick ’16 of Lima, N.Y., has walked past the Beckerman Recreation Center on the night of the University’s annual Alumni Scholarship Ball, noticing the black tie affair and hoping she would be able to attend someday.
April 22, 2015
"I never thought I would have the opportunity to attend such a magnificent event while still enrolled here," she told the nearly 400 guests who attended the 32nd annual event last week.
A junior, she was there to speak about the opportunities she has experienced because of the scholarship support she has received. A system engineering major, she has been involved with Engineers Without Borders and traveled to Ecuador to help design a water filtration system.
She’s also volunteered at UNH’s partner, New Haven’s Engineering and Science University Magnet School, which will soon move to its new location adjacent to campus.
"I and so many other students like me would not be at this University, pursuing our dreams, without your generosity," she told the alumni and friends of UNH who attended the ball. "You have inspired me to give back and to spend a lifetime making life better for others."
For the second consecutive year, the Alumni Scholarship Ball, the University’s primary scholarship fundraiser, raised more than $1 million. As part of the event, Distinguished Alumni Awards were presented to Ernie Schaub ’72 of Bonita Springs, Fla. and Anil Shah ’86 M.S. of Concord, Mass.
Robert Alvine of Woodbridge, Conn. was honored with the President’s Award.
Schaub, a member of the University’s Board of Governors, was executive vice president of Goodrich Corp. and president and CEO of EnPro.
Shah, president of MRCC, one of the fastest growing companies in the software industry, enrolled in UNH’s master’s degree program in computer science soon after arriving in the United States from India.
He credits UNH with providing him with the technical expertise as well as the soft skills to succeed. "I not only learned software engineering and optimization theories, I learned how to interact with people," he says.
Alvine, an emeritus member of UNH’s Board of Governors, served as chair of the Board of Governors for six years and headed up the Commission on the Future of UNH, the strategic task force that began UNH’s transformation from a commuter college to a residential university.
Alvine first got involved with the University in the mid-1990s when he lead a task force that created the first business plan for what become the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science.
Throughout his association with UNH, he has been a generous benefactor. He contributed to UNH’s efforts to create "smart" classrooms and established an endowed scholarship. He also supports the Lee Institute, the Peterson Library and athletics, and he funds lecture programs that bring well-known leaders in their fields to campus to meet with students.
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