444 university students are studying this academic year 2024-25 in University of Navarra thanks to a scholarship. Among them, 386 are Spanish (145 Navarrese) and 58 international, from 16 countries: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
The academic center organized a welcome event for these students, chaired by the vice-rector for students, Rosalia Baenaand in which Raquel Lázaro, professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, participated; and Eugenia Ciordia, Alumni scholarship holder and 3rd year International Relations and Law student.
THE Alumni Scholarshipscreated in 2003 with the aim of Any talented student can study at the University, They are supported thanks to contributions from companies, friends of the University, alumni and other people and institutions who believe in the academic center project, constituting a great chain of gratitude.
“We want to celebrate the fact that we have come this far, that We launched the program for another year. We want to mark this moment as important: it is an occasion of arrival after a long chain of efforts on the part of many people,” underlined the vice-rector.
Furthermore, Rosalia Baena He asked the scholars to enjoy every minute of their college experience and emphasized their connection to the institution. “The University somehow places a special trust in each of you. We ask that you be particularly aware of what you own. You bear a special seal; “You can do a great job.”
An amount of almost 4 million euros
THE amount allocated to alumni scholarships This course is 3,992,241 euros. The average amount per scholarship is 8,991.53 euros, dedicated to tuition and accommodation costs. Furthermore, the University has set itself the objective of raising an additional 15 million euros for its 75th anniversary in order to enable 75 perpetual scholarships.
They are called this because the amount allocated to them comes from a fund or endowment, a portfolio of assets that is used to finance the program on a stable basis. During the last lesson, the The university received 5 donations constituting 5 perpetual alumni scholarship funds.
Eugenia Ciordia from Pamplona, student of double degree in international relations and lawand who obtained the scholarship for the third year, gave a speech at the event. “Today, I come here to remind you how lucky we are to be alumni scholarships,” he stressed. The student stressed the importance of thanking donors: “Those of us who study at this university are lucky ones. And even more so for all of us who are part of the Alumni Scholarship Project.
The additional effort required by the stock market, according to Eugénie“It is essential to see it as a challenge and not as a burden: it is the ideal opportunity to learn to give 110%, not to be satisfied with the minimum, to aspire to excellence, to overcome the ‘adversity”. “Hopefully, in a few years, we will continue to be overflowing with gratitude to our university and, if we can, we will return part of the gift that has been given to us,” concluded the scholar.
THE Professor Raquel Lázarofor his part, advised university students to take advantage of the time: “May the university pass through you, may it be a training chirimiri that will shape your life. You have to pay attention to what is important, not rush. To be a university student is to enroll in an ancient institution of knowledge.
