UNH’S Susan Allen Receives Award From New Hampshire Educational Opportunity Association

Contact: Denise Hart
603-862-1426
UNH Media Relations

June 10, 2004



EDITORS, NEWS DIRECTORS: Debora McCann, NHEOA president is available for comment. She may be reached at 603-862-3265 or by e-mail at dmccann@cisunix.unh.edu.

DURHAM, N.H. — Susan K. Allen, director of Financial Aid at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), was recently presented with the “Champion of Educational Opportunity” award by Debora McCann, president of the New Hampshire Educational Opportunity Association (NHEOA), in a ceremony at the offices of New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation in Concord.

From left to right: Susan Allen is presented with the Champion of Educational Opportunity Award by Debora McCann, president of the NH Educational Opportunity Association in a recent ceremony in Concord.

The annual award recognizes individuals or organizations in NH who have demonstrated commitment to and support of equal access to higher education.

“ Ms. Allen has shown care, concern and responsiveness to students and the educational opportunity program staff who advocate for them,” says McCann. “She is committed to ensuring educational opportunity for students and has selflessly given her time to provide countless financial aid workshops to the students and parents of UNH’s Educational Talent Search and Upward Bound programs.”

Allen worked with the University’s Student Support Services program to help them identify grant eligible, low-income students at UNH and to provide scholarship assistance to qualifying individuals.
The New Hampshire Educational Opportunity Association is made up of members who work in educational opportunity programs throughout New Hampshire.

A downloadable photograph is available at http://www.unh.edu/news/img/susanallen.jpg. Photo cutline from left to right: Susan Allen is presented with the Champion of Educational Opportunity Award by Debora McCann, president of the NH Educational Opportunity Association in a recent ceremony in Concord.