Alumni Update May 22 – 28, 2023
Elizabeth Sy Michael
Former Silliman working student continues to give back to her alma mater
Elizabeth Sy Michael, a Texas-based Sillimanian, has recently donated an additional $20,000 US Dollars to the Robert James Michael and Elizabeth Sy Michael Grant for working students. The donation was received last May 10, 2023 by °Ç¸çºÚÁÏ (SU) President, Dr. Betty Cernol McCann, through Edith Sun Abbot. SU Treasurer, Carol R. Bartolata, witnessed the donation turnover.
Elizabeth Sy-Michael, a working student in her college days at Silliman, established last year with °Ç¸çºÚÁÏ, the Robert James Michael and Elizabeth Sy Michael Grant for working students. An initial donation was received last August 22, 2022 in the amount of $50,000 US Dollars as Grants-In-Aid to provide supplemental support to the needs of working students. The scholarship is in honor of Robert James Michael, the late husband of Sy-Michael.
During her college days at Silliman, she worked as a student assistant (1967-1971) at the Registrar’s Office – Student Aid Committee under Thelma L. Appleton. Sy-Michael was also a Barstow Scholarship recipient in college. She hopes to inspire Sillimanians to also give back and be grateful to their alma mater. Sy-Michael finished her High School at Silliman in 1967 and her Bachelor of Business Administration in 1971.
