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Loyola said yes, and I am forever grateful. — Renée Suzanne Frodin (BBA ‘97)
way. Two of her children were in day care, and the other two were attending school. “I was very tight with my schedule,” she says. “I’d wake up and get
the kids off to school or day care, run to the train, take three classes in a row on Monday through Friday, pick up my kids, and go home. There wasn’t time for anything else.” Frodin studied finance at the Quinlan School of Business. During
her final year, and with only a semester left to earn her degree, Frodin’s husband passed away unexpectedly. Facing an even more uncertain future as a single mother of four children, Frodin feared she would lose her scholarship, because the Presidential Scholarship is only for full-time students. “I couldn’t attend full time anymore after he passed, because
I needed to get a job,” Frodin says. “But I still wanted to finish my degree, because I was so close. I wanted to graduate from Loyola and didn’t want to have to go someplace else.” Frodin wrote a letter to the University asking if there was any
way the scholarship could be continued so she could finish her final classes despite not being able to continue on full time. “Loyola said yes, and I am forever grateful,” says Frodin. “Not only
for myself but also for my four children. My kids needed me to finish that degree. I knew if I didn’t that nothing would change for us. I might still be on food stamps. I couldn’t bring my husband back, but I could graduate. It was the only way I could see for us to ever have a better life.” Frodin is quick to point out the impact of that decision. “Loyola
helped us all—five people, not just me,” she says. “All four of my kids have graduated from college. And I don’t know where we’d be if I hadn’t finished my degree.” Frodin went on to a successful career in investment operations,
accounting, and finance. As she established her career and could better provide for her family, she began donating money to Loyola, particularly in support of scholarships. “I like to give back to the University any way I can,” Frodin says. “I
always envision someone like me who wouldn’t be able to attend Loyola without some assistance, and I hope that he or she can
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graduate and have a better life because of their education and pay it forward.” Frodin lost her job last June, and after 20 years in the corporate
world she decided to pursue a coaching certification. Now she is working diligently to launch a new full-time business as a certified personal coach with a specialty of helping women who are frustrated with dating. Frodin has always been passionate about improving one’s life
and personal development and doing the best one can with what one has. She had been wanting to pursue a different career path for several years, so when she lost her job, she felt that was a good opportunity to follow this new calling and develop a career she felt strongly about. “I am a big believer in lifelong education,” says Frodin. “Learning
something difficult and not giving up really tests your mettle… “I had a pretty rough childhood, and the kindness that was ex-
tended to me by the University made me believe the world could be a good place and that good things could happen to good people,” says Frodin. “I am grateful for the opportunity to give back to Loyola, and I hope the University will continue to make the education it provides available to as many people as possible.” L
ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE: THE CAMPAIGN FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR MOST PEOPLE, access to their dreams begins with a college degree, and for 140 years, Loyola University Chicago has been providing students with an education that enables them to succeed. But the need has never been greater for scholarship support for our students. To meet that need, Loyola has launched Access to Excellence: The Campaign for Scholarships. Through this campaign, the University seeks to raise $80 mil- lion to support generations of future Loyola students. LEARN MORE:
LUC.edu/scholarshipcampaign
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