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Tagged: John Seita

Education
4:27 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Seita Scholars Program Helps Foster Care Alumni

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Credit Seita Scholars Program / Western Michigan University
Chris Harris, Director of the Seita Scholars Program
Credit Seita Scholars Program / Western Michigan University
Ronicka Hamilton (Seita Scholars Campus Coach) helps Ricco Culberson with Welcome Pack supplies -- donated to help Freshman get settled in at WMU.
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By Michigan Radio Newsroom

There are lots of scholarship programs that help pay for school.  One scholarship at Western Michigan University goes farther to help students tackling college on their own. 

John Seita's an alumni of WMU.  Against long odds he earned three degrees from the school, after he aged out of the foster care system.  His story inspired a program bearing his name.

Now the Seita Scholars Program helps students facing similar challenges.  It’s a full tuition scholarship for people who've aged out of the foster care system.

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