{"id":3985,"date":"2022-01-28T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T18:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/magazine\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T20:27:32","slug":"paying-scholarship-support-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/magazine\/paying-scholarship-support-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying Scholarship Support Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">W<\/span>hen <span style=\"color: #008085\"><strong>Isabel Srour<\/strong> <\/span>received a $100,000 merit scholarship to attend Goucher College, her parents, Jeanne Grillo and Robert Srour, decided they wanted to pay that generosity forward upon her graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Established last year, the Isabel Srour \u201921 Endowed Scholarship Fund will provide financial aid to students currently enrolled in undergraduate programs at Goucher College, with a preference given to students with a demonstrated interest in music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsabel loves Goucher, and we wanted to make sure that what she was given was passed along so other students could benefit from the great educational programs here,\u201c Grillo says.<\/p>\n<p>Grillo said her daughter\u2019s time at Goucher was marked by challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic. 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Isabel is currently working and applying to graduate schools to study archeology.<\/p>\n<p>Impressed with Goucher\u2019s work with first-generation students, Grillo says she hopes this gift will allow students who may otherwise not have the opportunity to attend a small, liberal arts college to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone benefits from an undergraduate education,\u201d Grillo says. \u201cThere\u2019s so much support at Goucher that it will change a person\u2019s life to go here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Isabel Srour \u201921 Endowed Scholarship Fund provides financial aid to students currently enrolled in undergraduate programs at Goucher College, with a preference given to students interested in 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