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From YouTube: Boston University BU Scholarship Ceremony 2017
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Congratulations to the 2017 BU Scholarship recipients! Mayor Walsh joins Boston University President Robert Brown at the BU Questrom School of Business in Kenmore to welcome the 65 Boston Public School students who will be receiving admission and scholarships to Boston University.
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A
A
We
all
know
the
hurdles
of
sending
a
child
to
college.
Today,
the
Menino
Scholars
Program,
previously
known
as
the
Boston
Scholars,
is
the
oldest
and
most
generous
merit
scholarship
program
offered
to
graduates
of
the
Boston
Public
Schools
over
the
next
four
years.
Today's
Menino
scholars
will
receive
over
five
million
dollars
in
scholarship
funds
from
Boston
University.
In
2009.
We
added
the
community
service
awards
to
our
offerings
to
support
more
students
from
Boston
Public
Schools
for
the
winners
of
these
award
Boston
first,
he
meets
full
demonstrate
need
without
loans.
Over
the
next
four
years.
A
Today's
awardees
will
receive
approximately
seven
point:
seven
million
dollars
of
financial
aid,
and
in
this
year
we
expanded
this
program
to
include
transfer
students
who
graduated
from
Boston
Public
Schools.
Although
the
application
process
for
transfer
students
is
not
yet
complete,
we
expect
to
have
approximately
twenty
students
from
Boston
Public
Schools
join
us
in
September,
and
we're
very
very
pleased
with
this
outcome.
A
We've
worked
very
hard
at
BU
to
make
it
easier
for
you
to
have
access
to
all
we
offer.
We
have
outstanding
liberal
arts,
social
science
and
science
programs.
We
also
have
leading
professional
schools
like
engineering,
business
and
communications,
as
well
as
a
conservatory
environment
in
the
College
of
Fine
Arts.
Many
of
you
have
enrolled
in
these
different
programs.
A
B
B
My
new
adventures
at
Boston
University
be
proud
of
all
the
accomplishments
that
you
have
achieved
to
earn
this
scholarship
celebrate
with
family
and
friends
and
enjoy
this
special
milestone
in
your
journey
tonight,
I
like
to
share
with
you
a
little
bit
about
my
experiences
as
a
Menino
scholar,
but
before
I
do
that.
Let
me
give
you
a
little
background
on
myself:
I'm,
a
rising
junior
in
the
College
of
Engineering,
studying
biomedical
engineering,
I,
attended,
Boston,
Latin
School
and
was
born
and
raised
in
Dorchester
as
an
only
child
of
two
immigrant
parents
from
Vietnam.
B
Now
the
part
of
Dorchester
I'm
from
is
like
Boston's
Little
Saigon.
It's
it's
own
little
Vietnamese
community.
Now,
if
you
ever
want
the
most
amazing
Viet,
Food
Dorchester,
it's
a
place
to
grow
now.
Community
is
so
important
to
me
because
it
helps
bring
people
together,
whether
through
food
sports,
music
culture
community
provides
us
with
a
sense
of
comfort
and
belonging.
Yet
it
challenges
us
and
gives
us
opportunities
to
grow.
I
think
for
a
lot
of
us
were
attracted
to
the
Central
Community
College
can
be
overwhelming
and
daunting,
but
with
the
community.
B
This
helps
with
our
transition.
Take
a
look
around
you.
One
of
the
first
communities
that
you'll
meet
at
bu
are
the
people
sitting.
Next
to
you.
My
fellow
scholars
are
some
of
my
best
friends
on
campus
and
they've.
Been
there
each
step
of
the
way
with
me
and
my
journey
through
college.
Many
of
them
are
actually
the
reason
why
I'm
in
engineering,
my
friends,
all
the
campus
resources,
such
as
academic,
counseling
professors,
mentors
peers,
have
helped
guide
me
to
become
an
engineer.
Now,
don't
worry
you
guys,
don't
all
have
to
be
engineers.
B
They
have
these
resources
for
all
majors
on
campus
and
the
wide
network
of
past
and
present
scholars
provides
complete
coverage
of
every
school
and
major
here
at
BU.
Now
look
not
only
to
the
people
around
you,
but
to
the
other
three
classes
of
scholars
on
campus
with
you.
These
people
are
one
of
your
best
resources.
They've
all
had
similar
journeys
to
you.
B
It
grew
up
in
Boston
and
went
through
the
Boston
Public
School
System,
but
they
have
the
first-hand
experience
of
being
students
here
at
Boston,
University
feel
free
to
meet
up
with
Mike
Dennehy
he's
a
great
guy
is
a
great
resource
and
we'll
connect
you
up
with
internships
other
scholars
and
is
always
available
to
check
its
floor.
The
diversity
of
the
rest
of
campus
join
campus
groups
get
to
know
your
professors
find
internship
and
research
opportunities,
find
what
you
love
to
do,
find
your
passions
and
don't
be
afraid
to
extend
your
reach.
B
I've
found
a
passion
in
helping
out
underprivileged
middle
schoolers
in
the
Chinatown
area,
I'm
also
part
of
asian-american
Christian
Fellowship
on
campus
and
every
finals
period.
We
hand
out
coffee
and
cookies
to
people
studying
at
mood
our
library,
it's
always
fun
and
interesting-
to
talk
to
different
people
and
get
to
know
their
experience
at
BU.
Even
something
that's
part
of
my
daily
routine,
like
playing
basketball,
fit
rep
grabbing
food
as
a
dining
hall
or
just
simply
walk
into
class.
C
B
So
there
to
cheer
you
on
in
your
successes
that
there
delisting
in
times
of
struggle
so
they're
gonna,
help
build
connections
with
you
and
they're
there
to
help
foster
your
growth,
I've
learned
so
much
from
just
all
the
other
scholars
that
were
sitting
next
to
me
two
years
ago.
There
then
and
there's
sixteen
thousand
more
undergrads,
that
bu
to
learn
from
one
piece
of
advice.
I
would
give
you,
as
you
move
on
to
B
you
invest
in
the
community,
give
back
reach
out
and
the
community
will
invest
in.
B
You
you'll
be
surprised
how
this
community
can
shape
you
and
grow
you
in
these
next
four
years.
Oh
and
one
more
piece
of
advice
for
scholars,
they
do
have
a
free
barbecue
every
year,
take
advantage
of
it
good
food
and
good
company,
on
behalf
of
the
smaller
community,
we'd
like
to
be
the
first
to
welcome
you
onto
campus,
welcome
to
Boston,
University
and
I.
Wish
you
the
best
moving
forward.
Thank
you.
A
One
of
the
group
of
people
here
is
there's
a
very
important
set
of
people
who
work
in
the
background
to
make
this
all
possible
they're
the
selection
committee
for
the
Menino
scholars
it
is
committee
put
together
by
Boston
University
and
the
city
and
I'd
like
to
recognize
the
members
of
that
committee.
Today,
it's
led
by
John
McGuirk
and
the
director
of
admissions
at
Boston
University
is
John
here
very
and
also
involved
Francisco
tena,
who
was
formerly
with
the
mayor's
Youth
Council
I.
A
Don't
think
he's
with
us
today
in
Catherine
Chu,
director
of
guidance
for
the
city
of
for
the
Boston
Public
School
System,
when
Boston
Public
Schools
is
a
great
partner
in
this
program.
Let's
have
a
round
of
applause
for
the
other
thanks.
Thank
you
for
your
great
work.
We're
going
to
pause
just
for
a
minute
to
because
the
mayor
should
be
with
us
shortly,
so
we
can
sit
and
meditate.
A
Please
join
us
on
stage
yeah,
hello,
long
time,
no
see
have
a
seat,
I'll
be
right
with
you
and
what
we're
very
very
pleased
to
have
Mayor
Walsh
with
us
and
spend
time
in
them.
What
is
I
know
it's
an
incredibly
hectic
schedule
with
you.
It's
really
honored
to
have
him
with
us
tonight.
The
reason
I
think
it's
so
important
is
the
mayor.
Walsh
is
passionate
about
the
youth
of
Boston
as
the
future
for
the
city
and
for
the
state
and
for
the
nation.
A
D
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
president
Brown,
and
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
President
Ron
said
it
all
right.
I
am
so
proud
of
all
the
scholarship
recipients
and
all
the
families
I
think
about
I've,
been
man
out
for
three
and
a
half
years
and
I
think
about
the
ways
of
improving
people's
lives
and
it's
through
education.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
for
education
and
you
all
have
a
great
opportunity
from
that.
What
I
want
to
impress
with
it
I
just
sat
down
from
it.
I
was
looking
at
the
neighborhood.
D
D
And
48%
of
our
residents
are
first-generation.
Like
me,
my
parents
gave
my
own
so
that
that's
exciting
to
see-
and
many
of
you
are
going
to
be
the
first
in
your
families
to
go
to
college
one
way
or
another.
Many
of
you
are
pioneers
in
education
and
also
painters
in
your
own
family
and
moving
forward.
Boston
University
and
the
great
thing
about
Boston
University
is
that
you
can
stay
right
here
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
get
an
incredible
incredible
education
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Here
so
in
the
world.
D
The
world
will
come
to
you,
the
opportunities
you're
going
to
experience
here
at
this
great
school.
The
world
will
come
to
you
and
you're,
going
to
have
a
chance
to
sit
with
and
work
with
paper
work
with
students
from
all
over
the
world,
all
over
the
country
and
you're,
going
to
have
the
advantage
of
kind
of
being
away
a
little
bit
from
home,
but
also
being
here
at
Boston
University.
So
it's
a
great
opportunity.
This.
This
school
has
young
people
from
from
every
state
in
the
country
and
certainly
a
place
that
I
mentioned
earlier.
D
The
professor,
the
professors
that
are
in
the
school
at
the
top
of
their
field,
often
times
you
will
see
research
projects
that
will
happen
in
government
in
life
that
the
person
leading
that
other
group
leading
that
is
a
Boston
University
professor,
along
with
Boston
University
students,
one
of
the
classes
is
journalism
at
Worcester
University,
so
I
just
want
you
to
remember.
If
you
go
into
journalism
at
Boston
University,
you
have
to
be
really
good
to
me.
D
You
can't
write
bad
stuff.
You
know
you
can't
write
that
fake
news
that
people
talking
about
on
TV,
so
I,
don't
know
fake
news,
but
I.
You
know.
Let
me
just
I
have
notes
here.
I
really
the
biggest
the
biggest
message
I
have
to
all
of
you
is
that
you
have
an
opportunity
in
front
of
you
and
this
opportunity
is
an
opportunity
of
a
lifetime.
D
Take
take
it.
Take
it
as
one
day
at
a
time
enjoy
every
moment
in
your
college
career.
Take
it
seriously,
but
also
don't
take
yourself
too
seriously
in
the
sense
of
have
fun
not
too
much
fun,
but
follow
your
dreams
be
proud
of
what
you
do
be
proud
of.
Who
you
are
where
you
come
from,
whatever
neighborhood
you
come
from,
where
your
parents
come
from?
If
you
are
from
another
country,
if
your
parents
from
another
country,
whatever
be
part
of
that,
hold
your
head
up
high?
If
you
have
an
ups,
you
represent
your
family.
D
You
represent
this
city
in
a
lot
of
different
ways
and
follow
your
dream.
When
I
was
when
I
was
your
age,
I
wasn't
quite
sure
what
I
wanted
to
do.
I
was
in
a
Boston
University
Scholar
I
can
tell
you
that
my
grades,
weren't
did
I,
wanted
to
go
to
Suffolk,
University
and
and
I
didn't
get
accepted,
and
to
me
it
was
a
serious
damage
because
I
was
like
I'm.
Not
me,
I
didn't
put
the
time
in
to
get
accepted.
D
I
didn't
put
the
time
in
to
earn
Boston
College
I
didn't
put
the
time
in
to
earn
Boston.
University
I
didn't
put
the
time
in
in
high
school
to
earn
Suffolk
University,
but
the
next
year
I
went
to
Quincy,
Junior,
College
and
I
realized
I
could
do
the
work
and
when
I
was
doing
that,
I
felt
really
good
about
whatever
I
was
I
transcend
into
Suffolk.
University
and
I
went
there
for
one
semester
and
I
dropped
out
of
school.
I
did
something
that
I
was
told.
D
My
parents
told
me
not
to
do
my
father
told
me
not
to
do
he
said:
don't
drop
out
of
school
because
you
won't
go
back
and
I
said:
I'll
go
back,
I'll
go
back,
dad
I
will
I
promise
I'll
go
back
and
it
took
me
a
long
time
to
go
back
to
college
and
I
went
back
to
college
for
a
couple
of
reasons.
I
went
back
to
college
first
of
all,
I
wanted
it
wanted
to
get
my
degree.
I
want
to
be
the
first
of
my
family
to
get
a
college
degree.
D
I
was
a
state
representative
as
well,
and
I
had
gone
through
some
tough
times
in
my
life.
I
had
made
some
bad
decisions
when
I
dropped
out
of
school.
Those
decisions
allowed
me
the
opportunity
they
moved.
They
were
both
hurtful
to
me
to
other
people,
but
also
made
me
a
stronger
person,
and
my
issue
is
alcoholism,
my
side
drinking.
So,
if
you're
up
there
in
school,
just
a
little
side,
note
be
careful,
be
careful
and
be,
if
you
have
it
in
your
family,
be
careful
because
it's
a
good
chance
that
doesn't
really
skip
generations.
D
It
hits
the
next
one
and
what
you
might
do
is
don't
get
yourself.
Don't
get
yourself
to
cut
into
certain
things.
But
my
point
of
this
is
that
I
went
back
to
college.
I
got
my
degree
at
Boston,
College
I
went
back
to
night
school
and
I.
Tell
you
the
story
because
don't
take
it
from
me,
if
you
have
an
opportunity
in
front
of
you,
don't
do
it
the
way
I
did
do
it.
The
way
that's
laid
out
in
front
of
you.
Lastly,
follow
your
dreams,
the
dreams
you
have
today.
D
All
of
you
probably
have
a
dream
that
you
want
to
do
for
you
from
now.
Those
dreams
are
probably
going
to
change
it,
probably
going
to
change
two
or
three
or
four
or
five
different
times,
and
it's
okay,
if
they
change,
but
just
remember
this
what
you
can
do
and
you
can
accomplish
what
have
you
accomplished
because
you've
already
accomplished
getting
this
and
being
in
this
school,
so
you've
already
over,
not
overcome,
but
you've
already
accomplished
something
very
big
in
your
life.
D
So
whatever
you
want
to
do
is,
as
scholars
make
sure
you
pursue
that
training
when
I
was
in
high
school,
as
I
said
to
you
not
sure
what
I
wanted
to
do.
Part
of
me
wanted
to
run
for
office.
I
knew
that
I
know
I
wanted
to
be
in
public
office
because
they
got
involved
in
my
community
got
involved.
My
neighborhood
I
got
wrong
a
lot
of
bunch
of
things,
even
though
I
was
making
some
bad
decisions
on
one
side
as
making
good
decisions
on
the
other,
and
then
when
I
was
28
years
old.
D
My
state
representative
decided
not
to
run
for
election
and
I
knew
I
wanted
to
run
for
reelection
run
for
a
seat.
I
put
my
name
on
the
ballot
and
I
got
elected
to
the
House
of
Representatives
to
serve
Rochester
I
did
that
for
16
1/2
years,
where
Mayor
Tom
Menino,
who
the
scholarships
named
after
made
decision
in
2013
that
he
wasn't
going
to
run
for
mayor
again,
I
knew
at
that
moment.
I
knew
the
minute
I
heard
that
he
wasn't
running.
D
I
was
going
to
run
for
that
seat
and
I
got
involved
in
the
mayor's
race.
I
want
as
fortunate
to
win.
If
I
didn't
win,
it
would
have
been
okay
because
I
pursued
my
dream.
My
dream
was
to
run
for
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
and
I
was
able
to
do
that.
Whatever
your
dream
is
pursue
it
follow
it
go
free,
your
Boston
strong.
You
can
do
it
all
Dorchester,
not
just
your
old
boss.