Donor support inspires nursing student Ali Ghafoor to new heights of success
At the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), student success is powered by community.
Scholarships.
Bursaries.
Opportunities to learn and grow.
These experiences exist because donors, alumni, and community supporters believe in students.
This April, With U celebrated that generosity by centering student voices.
One student, Ali Ghafoor wrote, “I want whoever made it possible to know that their generosity found someone who will spend their career extending it into lives the donor will not see, through work they made possible long before it began. The truest form of stewardship is a life that justifies that trust.”
As Ali approaches the finish line of his Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at the University of the Fraser Valley, he looks back in gratitude at those who have helped him along the way.
His professors, of course, and his supervisors on his clinical placements. The friends he made in the program. The patients who showed patience while he learned about the hands-on aspects of nursing.
But there’s another, less visible group he’s grateful for: the individual donors and organizations who funded the 16 financial awards he received to support him during his nursing studies.