<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/04-28/06-scholarship-that-turns-promise-into-purpose.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>President's Office</categories><pubDate>04/28/2026 03:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>A Scholarship That Turns Promise Into Purpose</title><sub-title/><description>I was honored to receive the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Institutional Impact from the American Foundation of the University of the West Indies. However, what I will carry with me most from that evening is something far more personal, and a reminder of why our work matters.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/04-28/_images/newman.jpg" alt="Group photo of Student and president"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/04-28/06-scholarship-that-turns-promise-into-purpose.xml</loc><tags><tag>Awards</tag></tags><categories><category>President's Office</category></categories></item>