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UM-Flint's culture of support: History distributes more than $70,000 in additional scholarships

"When I heard about the additional $1500 scholarship it was very surprising, but at the same time, it's exactly the kind of thing the Department would do - they care so much about their students," says senior History major Haylee Skank, pictured here in the 2018-19 Wyatt Exploration trip to Japan and Hawaii.

Jilian Lueker, a senior UM-Flint student with a major in Psychology and minor in History, was at work when she learned that an additional $1500 scholarship would help fund her tuition this fall. The surprise email announcement caught her off guard. "I basically was running around the store, telling my coworkers, 'Guys, this is amazing.[…]