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With nearly 400 supporters in attendance, Excel Beyond 211 Dollars for Scholars, a nonprofit group assisting first-generation college students, celebrated the success of 27 recent college graduates.
Guests at the annual event were greeted by a lively 8-member mariachi band as more than 100 EB211 scholars gathered June 13 at Palatine High School to accept awards and scholarships with families, mentors, donors and EB211 members applauding their success.
Mariam Bhatti-Mushtaq, EB211 board member and mentor, welcomed the attendees by acknowledging the theme of the evening, “Empowering Futures,” and noting how it factors into the work by EB211’s donors, mentors, advisory board members and students.
Bhatti-Mushtaq pointed out that while the national graduation average after six years of study for first-generation students is 11 percent, EB211 students achieved a 70 percent graduation rate in that same time frame, nearly 7 times the national average.
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