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Tanasia Kenney has plenty of childhood memories at 正规博彩十大网站排名.

她的母亲, 前正规博彩十大网站排名员工杰奎琳·汉德, 经常带她来学校, 在那里她被称为“杰基的女儿”,” and became familiar with staff and faculty. Some of those faculty members were still teaching when it was time to decide if she’d attend 正规博彩十大网站排名 or look a little farther from home.

“Their knowing me as Jackie’s daughter and feeling like you have eyes on you all the time, 这有点吓人,肯尼说. “但我妈妈相信正规博彩十大网站排名. 她说, “你们这里有一所很棒的大学,’及时地, 我随波逐流, and my years at 正规博彩十大网站排名 were so liberating and fun.”

Now a reporter for McClatchy news publications, Kenney is just one member of a 正规博彩十大网站排名 alumni family. Her older sister, Tanneka Hylton, join Kenney and Hand as 正规博彩十大网站排名 graduates. Hylton graduated in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in 社会学2007年，用一个 人类服务 degree, and Kenney in 2015 with a communication degree with a 新闻学专业.

Recently, they came together to celebrate yet another milestone – a $25,000 endowed 奖学金. Created through Hand’s generosity, the 奖学金 will pay educational costs for 人类服务 or 护理专业的学生 在 Wellstar College of 健康 and 人类服务. Hand’s passion for 人类服务 led her to the non-profit CobbWorks她在那里工作了18年.

After moving her family from New York to Kennesaw in 1999, Hand said taking a job at 正规博彩十大网站排名 seemed like a good way to get an education while she worked, but it was also intimidating to be a non-traditional student. 谢天谢地，猫头鹰同伴收留了她 在他们的翅膀下.

“I was an adult learner taking classes with all these young kids, 我当时有点紧张,汉德说. “But I made friends with my professors and other students, and I was encouraged to get involved. That also helped me feel like my daughter, Tanneka, would be taken care of.”

虽然他们上的课程不一样, Hand and Hylton attended classes at the same time and were able to catch up with each other during the school day. Hylton recalls her mother’s advice to get involved in student groups, professional societies and service organizations, and passes that advice on to incoming students whenever she can.

Now a diversity, equity and inclusion business partner with Warner Bros. 的发现, Hylton said her mother inspired her throughout her time at 正规博彩十大网站排名 and continues to motivate her as she gives back to the University through the newly endowed 奖学金.

“我正在参加堪萨斯州立大学的入学考试, watching my mom graduate and then watching my sister graduate, it’s like we’ve built our own little community here,希尔顿说. “Every time we go back for events, it’s like coming home. I love that we get to experience that together. Seeing my mom endow this 奖学金 is a moment of pride, 但它也像, “我不能让我妈妈超过我,所以当轮到我的时候, 我需要考虑捐赠a Radow大学 奖学金.”

Kenney wasn’t surprised when her mother decided to invest 在 正规博彩十大网站排名 community through an endowment, as she’s always looked for ways to give back as a student, 员工和校友. But as she’s grown and propelled herself further into her own career, Kenney’s appreciation for all that her mother has done for her family during her years at 正规博彩十大网站排名 has only deepened.

“It didn’t really hit me how much she has juggled until a high school 社会学 class, where we talked about how some people go to school and come home to raise children and cook and just carry the role of a mother. That’s when I started thinking, ‘Oh wow, my mom was doing all of that,’肯尼说.

“It gave me flashbacks to sitting 在 back of her classes, being on campus and growing and learning at 正规博彩十大网站排名 along with her. 我经常思考这个问题.”

For Hand, watching her children become so deeply involved at 正规博彩十大网站排名, graduate from the university where she so enjoyed working and earning her own degree and continue to be involved as alumni is a bright spot in her life. 但她说的是最亮的地方 in her life will always be watching her daughters leverage their 正规博彩十大网站排名 education into 成功和充实的职业生涯.

“我为Tanneka和Tanasia感到骄傲. There are students still that tell me they look up to the two of them,” she said, choking up. “Both of my daughters being 正规博彩十大网站排名 babies – or owlettes as I call them – and doing so well for themselves, 这让我非常自豪. And when I wear that black and gold, I wear it proudly.”

——托马斯·哈特韦尔的故事

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