“The empowerment that the DeWolfs gave me is what will last in my heart,” says Emetu, the first recipient of the R.I.S.E. Scholarship.
Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon:It’s one of Sophia Emetu’s favorite quotes. Singer Paul Brandt’s lyrical line speaks to her hopefulness, her belief in setting goals and reaching them, her confidence in her own limitless potential. She knows she’s going to go far, that she’ll continue to climb higher and higher – and that, with the added boost of the R.I.S.E. Scholarship, even the sky can’t hold her back.
“Getting the R.I.S.E. Scholarship means that I have the chance to prove that I’m worth believing in,” says Emetu, the inaugural recipient of the four-year, needs-based Honors College scholarship. “It means that someone else believes that a small girl like me has a lot of potential.”
Emetu’s potential is clear to alumni Ben ’02 and Sara Givler DeWolf ’02, who established the R.I.S.E. Endowed Scholarship Fund last year. That gift has since prompted four other substantial alumni gifts for the scholarship, which is (R)ecognizing (I)ntelligence, (S)trength and (E)ngagement, as its name specifies.
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