"...going back to school became a financial burden for my family. I quit my job to go back to school and to raise my two younger children. It wasn't easy raising a family of 5 on a teachers salary...Your scholarship help me to achieve my dream of becoming a guidance counselor and working in the schools with troubled kids."     Amy Bauer Nelson

"I graduated from Goddard with my BA degree in English/History. Pearl Scholarship made that posssible. I needed it to graduate. I am the mother of three small boys and currently I am co-publisher of a quarterly literary magazine called JAW...I intend to return to school soon to accomplish my MA in Education."    Gina Lee

"Thank you so much for setting up the Pearl Scholarship Fund...It will be a tremendous help. The scholarship is even more than much appreciated financial support. It's a great form of confirmation and encouragement."    Marta Szabo

"I am very thankful for for the scholarship...I am extremely proud to have been honored with that investment and I hope to someday make you and Goddard College just as proud."    Barbara DeCesare

"...To be able to continue my education with an MFA in Creative Writing has already been a great reward of happiness for me, and this scholarship will greatly assist me with my expenses."     Vic Perry

"...It is quite an honor to have been selected and one for which I am very grateful. Goddard College continues to be one of the very best decisions made within my personal and professional life."    Valerie Brace

"Please let me expres my deepest gratitude for being a Pearl Foundation Scholarship recipient...As an older student, single parent and a professional seeking to transfer from non-profit management to teaching, I have been able to find at Goddard College the ideal situation to complete my degree."    Marta Nielson

"Thank you for the financial help for my Masters program at Goddard. The money helps a lot since I am a single mother helping my daughter through college also."    Lynn Abraham

"...I am entering my second year in the MFA-Creative Writing program and at the ripe old age of 42, I can honestly say being in this program is one of the best things I've done in my life."    Meg Kallman Feeley