Profiles of Scholarship Recipients

One of the things we would like to do in awarding Barbara Neu Memorial scholarships is to profile recipients. To make this easy, we might have applicants submit profile information with their application. 

The annual newsletter for the Chris Borton Memorial Scholarship Fund does a nice job of profiling scholarship recipients-- both new recipients on their study and life plans going forward and updates on past recipients. 

A 2016 recipient of the Chris Borton Memorial Scholarship

The Chris Borton Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to assist University of California San Diego students wishing to study abroad. The scholarship was initiated in 1996, by Chris's good friend and fellow UCSD graduate Mike Scanlin, who proposed the idea of a memorial scholarship to Chris' parents Ray and Verena Borton shortly after Chris' death from cancer.

Through the Education Abroad Program of UCSD, Chris spent a year at the University of Göttingen in Germany, an experience that profoundly influenced the direction of his life. Together with his childhood experiences of living in different cultures and later studies and travels abroad, it made him the world citizen he was.

Now in its 20th year, the Chris Borton Memorial Scholarship has benefited 61 UCSD students. Well done!

A scene from the Georg-August University in Göttingen

As I also participated in the Education Abroad Program, while at UCSB, and also at Göttingen (just after Chris), I can attest to its profound influence. My brother is also an EAP alum (Vienna).

Please visit the Chris Borton Memorial Scholarship Fund website and consider contributing to this worthy cause.