Lauren DiGioia Named

2009 Rubin Scholar

    At Kennedy High School's Awards Night, senior Lauren DiGioia (left)was presented with this year's two thousand dollar PCT Paul Rubin Memorial Scholarship.

    Unlike more conventional scholarships, the PCT Paul Rubin Scholarship is not awarded solely on the basis of academic accomplishments. Paul Rubin was  President of the PCT and an activist who lent his enormous energies in the ongoing struggle to improve the lives of ordinary people. He believed that the greatest pleasures in life come from helping others help themselves and that it is only by engaging others in the common good that we live authentically. The scholarship that bears his name is intended to reward young people who share this vision - to inspire youth to live lives of social conscience and to encourage them to see one's fate as inextricably tied to the others in one's society.

    Whether through her work with Teens As Leaders, her assistance to special needs students or working to document the personal history of a Holocaust survivor, Lauren's concern for others has been a central focus of her young life.  Bound for Binghamton University next year where she will major in Human Development, Lauren's commitment to improving the lives of others will certainly motivate many of her adult endeavors.

  PCT Treasurer Kevin Dugan Presenting Rubin and Berkowitz Scholarships

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