September 26, 2016 - Today Don Kelly from the Tempe South Rotary Club talked to us about the struggle that lower income students have to succeed. He told us of his own experience as a lower income student and the techniques he had to learn.  He became a "purpose-driven student" who was then successful and became a purpose-driven professor at ASU. Don related several stories about how he engaged students to make them successful.  He told us that he has persuaded his club to fund a scholarship for summer classes for 5 students who could use the extra help.  He would like our club to provide a similar opportunity for 5 students at a cost of about $1700.  We agreed to look into this further in our next couple of meetings.  Don is writing a book on how to improve graduation rates for low-income students and will donate proceeds from sales to the scholarship program.
 
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