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Scholarship Provides Financial Certainty During an Uncertain College Experience Korbin Zvokel’s sophomore year wrap up unlike any other. His Community Foundation Scholarship provided consistency in the changing world. 10
The Purdue University junior had just begun the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year in his newly declared major of Video Production when the pandemic unfolded. He was forced to complete his spring semester and several of his projects and assignments virtually. However, the 2018 Wes-Del Middle/High School graduate and Dr. William and Thelma V. McNabney Scholarship recipient still found the silver lining of an unexpected ending to his sophomore year. “It was really a blessing in disguise to have just changed majors before experiencing the pandemic,” Korbin shared. “I can’t imagine still trying to continue with the engineering major and being so unhappy while COVID was happening. It would have made things a lot worse.” Despite the uncertainty that the pandemic caused, Korbin had one less worry for his education. His scholarship from The Community Foundation would support him through a change in his major, virtual semesters, and campus restrictions. He knew his scholarship would be there for him when he returned to campus in the fall.
