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<v ->I heard about the NatSci undergraduate</v>

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emergency assistance fund through Miss Heidi Purdy.

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I had a meeting with her in my undergraduate advisor

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from the DOST-SEI scholars program, Miss J.

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And I was experiencing a lot of things

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at that time during the school year,

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and we were just trying to develop a plan

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that can get me out, so I can graduate on time.

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<v ->She told me, she might have assistance or something</v>

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she could possibly help me with knowing my situation.

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Because also during the spring semester

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I was also really sick so it was

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also hard for me to pay for school.

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So during that time she was like

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hey I might be able to help you out.

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So that's how I found out about the assistance fund.

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<v ->I had no chance of going to school this fall</v>

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without some extra cash, so I was pretty excited.

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<v ->Often it can be the small things</v>

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that can make a major difference.

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It's for this reason that the College of Natural Science

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is committed to establishing an undergraduate

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emergency assistance fund to help NatSci students

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that encounter minor financial needs and challenges

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during their time with us.

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The fund will provide the college with the means

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to enrich and enhance our students' educational experience

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by providing them mini grants to help give them

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that little extra to get by so that they can continue

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pursuing their education and career aspirations.

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<v ->If I had the opportunity to say something</v>

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to one of the donors I would say thank you.

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It was very much a blessing.

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I wish more students knew about this opportunity

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because they can help out a lot of students just like me.

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<v ->The emergency undergraduate assistance fund</v>

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really helped me.

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It provided my a bit of a cushion

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so that I was able to make my minimum amount of dues.

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So that just put me one step closer to graduation in May.

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<v ->It meant I didn't have to go back home</v>

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and kinda have nothing going for me.

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'Cause without school I don't really have a lot of

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career opportunities or any kind of future plan otherwise.

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<v Heidi Purdy>Contribute to the College of Natural Science</v>

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undergraduate emergency assistance fund today.

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A little support can go a long way

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and give a student just what they need to succeed.

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