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Whether you’re relocating to a new city, researching political movements by
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This comprehensive site includes information on each state, including state
flags, elected officials and current events. Find out what the weather is like,
which state is soaking up sunny rays, and which one is typically soggy. Even
better, get a real slice of life in each state with alumni interviews from local
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Stacey O'Connor '05
When millions of sports-crazed
Britons pack arenas and tune in
tellies for the 2012 Summer Olympics
in London, former Gael Stacey
O’Connor ’05 (circled above) hopes
to give them reason to cheer.
A Belfast-born member of the British
women’s national volleyball team,
O’Connor wants to see the Union Jack
hoisted after her team takes the
medal stand. If it happens, it won’t
be because O’Connor has traveled a
traditional British path to Olympic
glory...
Cindy (’96 is so grateful for the scholarship
assistance she received from Saint Mary’s
that she has vowed to pay it all back — two
times over.
As Vacaville High School’s 1992
valedictorian, Cooper had no trouble getting
into college. Tuition, however, was another
matter.
“My parents didn’t graduate from college,
but education was always stressed in our
home,” says Cooper, whose father is a postal
worker and mother is a teacher’s aide.
“Without the means to attend college, I knew
needed scholarships.”
When a friend told her about Saint Mary’s,
she visited Moraga and “absolutely fell in
love with the place.”
Cooper accelerated her already intense
scholarship search, winning $25,000 in
Vacaville community scholarships and
obtaining $25,000 in federal and state aid.
Then, she received some assistance from an
unexpected source.
“What really surprised me was the $30,000 I
received from Saint Mary’s
scholarships,” she says. “I was so impressed
that these donated to a general fund
and trusted that the College would give the
money to a deserving student.”
Cindy (Neander) Cooper ’96
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