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VOLUME 33, ISSUE 8
Memorial Scholarship Established in Honor of Kaitlyn Doohry
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PARENTS OF KAITLYN DOORHY PAY THEIR RESPECTS DURING THE TREE CEREMONY
BY GABRIELLA NUTILE Staff Reporter
Just before the 2014 school year began, Sacred Heart University lost a member of its community. On Aug. 22, rising junior Kaitlyn Doohry was struck by a motor vehicle while walking to campus. The news shook family and friends of Doohry, as well as students and parents of Sacred Heart. In honor of Doohry, the H.W. Wilson Foundation has given Sacred Heart $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship in memory of her. The news of this amazed her four roommates. “To be honest, I was completely surprised about the scholarship,” said junior Kathryn Cahill, one of Doohry’s roommates. “I think it’s absolutely amazing, and it will help so many students in the future.” The scholarship that Sacred Heart has now created, the Kaitlyn Doorhry Memorial Scholarship, will be awarded annually to a junior with financial need from Long Island, N.Y. “I think it is amazing to have a scholarship in her name that will be given each year to a student from Long Island with financial need,” said junior Jessica Podmokly, another roommate of Doohry’s.
“Kait did love Long Island and where she was from, so I think this was great and she would be so happy.” Halsey W. Wilson established the H.W. Wilson Foundation in 1952 to help support the needs of company employees and retirees. Once 1957 came, the Foundation directed its funding efforts to support libraries, library associations, historical societies, cultural programs and scholarships for library and information science programs accredited by the American Library Association. The foundations biggest donors include Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Wilson, and the H.W. Wilson Company. The H.W. Wilson Foundation chooses whom to donate to by receiving proposals and evaluating them with the Board of Directors at its monthly meeting. “The university is very grateful for the scholarship funds donated by the H.W. Wilson Foundation,” said Judite Vamvakides, Director of Annual Giving at Sacred Heart. “It is a touching and generous way to memorialize a young woman who meant so much to our community and it will, of course, provide the university with additional financial aid resources for Sacred Heart students.”
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It is expected that the first scholarship award will be given to a junior for the upcoming 2015-2016 academic year. The scholarship is just one way that the Sacred Heart community has found a way to honor Doohry. A magnolia tree in honor of Doorhy was planted in front of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on Sacred Heart’s main campus during Family Weekend. Roughly 70 of Doohry’s visiting friends and family members were in attendance. “Every time I pass the tree, it is a reminder of how beautiful and blossoming Kait was,” said junior Christine O’Brien, one of Doohry’s roommates. “The Magnolia tree is a symbol of something long lasting and dear held within our hearts as Kait is to all of us.” Along with the tree, there was a plaque placed nearby as well. “The plaque which reads ‘A Life That Touches Others Goes On Forever’ couldn’t be more fitting for the situation,” said Podmokly. “Kait was more than our housemate, she was our best friend that we all loved so much. Now she’s our guardian angel above who we love and miss very much.”
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