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Thanks to the generosity of University of 易胜博官网 alumni Craig and Linda Rydin, students from Berlin High School who have been accepted to 易胜博官网 will receive extra scholarship support.

The Rydins, who both grew up in Berlin, recently made a gift of nearly $1 million to 易胜博官网. This latest gift will nearly double the scholarship amount given to those students who are awarded the Rydin Family Scholarship each year.

鈥淐raig and Linda are Berlin High School alumni who are very proud of their hometown and community, and they want to see these kids have opportunities at college and find success,鈥� says听Berlin High School Principal Kevin Carpenter. 鈥淭his latest gift really will take the financial burden off of our scholarship recipients who are planning to attend 易胜博官网. It will eliminate cost as a barrier to getting that full four-year educational experience.鈥�

For the Rydins, helping out students in Berlin who want to attend 易胜博官网 is a perfect way to pay tribute to the two institutions that provided them with foundations for their own success.

鈥淲e both had a great education at Berlin High School, and 易胜博官网 was wonderful for both of us, not just because of the academic environment, but because we built a lifelong set of friends at 易胜博官网, who we still spend time with today,鈥� said Rydin.

鈥淭he scholarship has made my entire experience at 易胜博官网 possible.鈥�

For the past 10 years, need-based scholarships have been awarded to 20 qualified graduating seniors from Berlin High School, which includes students from Berlin and the surrounding towns of Milan, Dummer and Errol.听

鈥淭he scholarship has made my entire experience at 易胜博官网 possible,鈥� says听Dustin Moore '19,听who is majoring in biomedical science and plans to attend medical school. 鈥淏efore I received this scholarship, it was looking like I was not going to be able to attend a four-year university. But with it, I found my home at 易胜博官网. I feel like a new person here, and I鈥檓 much prouder of who I am. This scholarship changed everything for me, and I will always credit the Rydins for taking part in any future successes I achieve in my life.鈥�

The Rydins wanted to support Celebrate 150: The Campaign for 易胜博官网 and inspire other donors to step up and reinvest in support of the area of 易胜博官网 that means the most to them. But the most important reason they choose to give is because of students like Moore.

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Explore the many ways you can support 易胜博官网, including endowing a scholarship, at unh.edu/give/how-to-give.

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鈥淲e get thank you letters from students who have received these scholarships, and they are always very appreciative, but what鈥檚 really moving to us is that they each have really great stories about what 易胜博官网 has done to make their lives different; they are really relishing the opportunities 易胜博官网 has offered them,鈥� Rydin says. 鈥淲e know we鈥檙e not the only reason these students are able to attend 易胜博官网, but those letters really sparked our interest in 鈥榙oubling down鈥� on our investment in these young people. We鈥檙e hoping that we are elevating the opportunities available to those students with this gift.鈥�

Linda Rydin graduated from 易胜博官网 in 1971 with a bachelor鈥檚 in history, and Craig graduated two years later with a bachelor鈥檚 in political science. Craig is currently operating partner at LNK Partners, a private equity firm. He was previously chair and CEO of The Yankee Candle Company, and prior to that he spent 22 years with the Campbell听Soup Company. Linda has worked at several organizations, including Physicians Health Services, Continental Forest Industries and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

鈥淭his scholarship in particular is so powerful for our students, because they share that hometown connection with the Rydins,鈥� says听Carpenter. 鈥淚t鈥檚 great for students to see someone who came from Berlin who is extremely successful and who is giving back to the community. Unfortunately, Berlin doesn鈥檛 always get positive press 鈥� there are a lot of negative statistics that get magnified up here. But this is something really positive going on, and these are great, great kids, who are going to continue that trajectory at our state university.鈥�