SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS - 2006

Excerpts from Thank You notes.

• It is a wonderful feeling to begin medical school knowing that I have the confidence and support of an organization with such close ties to my roots and my upbringing ... Again, I truly appreciate the confidence you have shown in me and my abilities by granting me this scholarship. I am honored and appreciate the opportunity to show you that you have made a good investment. (TR 08/22/2006)
  
  
• Thank you for encouraging me to re-apply for the Swiss Benevolent Society Scholarship. The generosity of the SBS of SF is very moving. (PE 06/25/06)
  
  
• I would like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude for this scholarship and its contribution in enabling me to continue my academic studies at Occidental College. (NS 7/27/06)
  
  
• Thank you for your generosity. I am looking forward to continuing my education at UC Santa Cruz. (AM 6/21/2006)
  
  
• Knowing that the Swiss community values the kind of research in which I am engaged encouraged me to persevere in my program and continue to refine my dissertation research so that it would be worthy of the support I have received. (PS 6/8/2006)
  
  
• Thank you for awarding me such a generous scholarship ... I am working at the Salk Institute for biological research and am volunteering at the Braille Center in La Jolla. Hopefully with all these activities and high grades I will be able to continue to medical school ... (CH 9/29/2006)
  
  
• I am stuck in the middle: too rich to be poor, but too poor to be rich. My family is strictly middle class. This year, my scholarship will cover the cost of fall registration and tuition. This is such a huge help. Because of your scholarship, some of our financial burdens are eased ... Thanks again for supporting me. (MS 9/17/2006)