博彩平台网址大全校友LaNor Smith说, Francesca DeMello and Karen Nakamura have a lot in common. 

They served together on the Pacific 校友 Association board of directors. They are Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters and Pacific Loyal donors. They each made a career at 法律rence Livermore National Laboratory, 总共服役107年. 

And each recently endowed a scholarship for Pacific students following in her footsteps.

“I want students to know that we support them wholeheartedly in getting a degree, 做他们认为最适合自己的事,史密斯说. “I want them to know there are people who will help them.” 

Scott Biedermann ' 05, ’20, 负责发展和校友关系的副校长, 说支持提供了不可估量的好处.

“I hope our students can see themselves in successful people like LaNor, 弗朗西斯卡和凯伦, and that this gives them hope—for what’s possible in their own lives, 以及他们的影响, 太, 可以创造一天.” 

LaNor (Miller) Smith, 86年，87年

As a student, Smith struggled in school and faced academic probation her first semester. 她的奖学金因此被取消了吗, 她说, 她就无法继续在太平洋航空公司工作了. Fortunately, caring faculty counseled her into a new major where she thrived.

Smith went on to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication from Pacific. She recently retired after 34 years at 法律rence Livermore National Laboratory, where she held various administrative roles that allowed her to be a bridge between scientists and administrators.

Smith also served on the alumni association board from 2014 to 2023, 是什么促使她在经济上支持太平洋公司. In 2022, she and her husband Scott Smith ’87 established the Scott and LaNor Smith Endowed 历史 奖学金 to benefit students in his major.

Knowing other students might share her struggles in school, she did not want the Smith 奖学金 to carry a GPA requirement.

“Mine’s a success story because I was still able to finish in four years after picking the right major with help from my advisor and the College of the Pacific dean,”她说。. “It all worked out for me, and I want someone else to have that experience.”

第一位史密斯博彩平台网址大全排名将于2024年秋季确定.

“我们很高兴看到我们可以帮助谁, and how it might change their direction or support them in what they’ve decided is their path,史密斯说. “We want to help anyone—it doesn’t matter where they come from, what they believe, who they love. What’s most important is they pick a path that works for them, and that we support them.” 

Francesca (Muzio) DeMello ' 85

When Francesca DeMello heard about the Smiths’ scholarship, she was inspired to follow suit.

DeMello, a Stockton native, was the first in her immediate family to attend college. She entered Pacific as a mechanical engineering student but changed her major when she discovered a passion and aptitude for computer science. She has worked at 法律rence Livermore, where she is currently a software developer, since 1986.

DeMello has actively supported Pacific students pursuing careers at the lab. 她为参观实验室提供便利, coordinated presentations at Pacific and hosted site visits for alumni and faculty.

“I knew as soon as I went to orientation that Pacific was the right place for me,德梅洛说. “我有一个很棒的指导老师和一个学生顾问. 我那些上其他大学的朋友就没有. 我很幸运，我希望能够分享这一点.”

DeMello wanted to support Pacific students who share her background. In Spring 2023 she established the Francesca Muzio DeMello Endowed 奖学金 to support female students in the 工程与计算机科学学院, with a preference for graduates of Linden High School in Linden, 加州.

“I’m hoping the scholarship will help keep a student enrolled and allow them to finish their degree,德梅洛说. “It makes me sad if someone has to drop out because they can’t afford it, 这将帮助他们. I also hope that at some point, they’ll be able to pay it forward as well.” 

Karen (Hiraga) Nakamura, 77年

DeMello’s inspiration for working at the lab was Karen Nakamura, who planted the seed during an Alpha Chi Omega networking event. 中村在莱思罗普的一个农场长大. 她父亲在她17岁时去世了, 尽管她准备直接去工作, 她母亲坚持要她上大学.

Nakamura majored in business and worked for the State of 加州 and at Pacific before beginning her 35-year career at 法律rence Livermore. At one time, she was the lab’s highest-ranking Asian woman in a technical program. 她于2019年退休.

“I really believe that Pacific helped me lay the foundation for the technical knowledge I needed in the business world, 这里和实验室都有,中村说. “这真的是一个很好的培养孩子的地方.”

在太平洋，中村收到了罗伯特C. and Lucy Savage Colhart 奖学金, which benefits any Pacific student with unmet financial need. She used the Colhart 奖学金 as inspiration for her own: The Jerry and Karen Hiraga-Nakamura Endowed 奖学金, 成立于2023年秋季, supports undergraduate students with financial need who maintain a 3.0的绩点.

“I wanted to make sure my scholarship went to students with the greatest need, 就像我上学时的样子,”她说。. “对我来说，太平洋航空公司得到支持很重要. 这就是我回馈社会的原因. 这对我们的社区很重要.”

Anyone interested in donating to scholarships can contact Molly Byrne, 负责开发的高级助理副总裁, at 209.946.2780 or mbyrne1@wjc7.com.