At the beginning of 2020, Ștefan Cazacu was a 12th grade student at the Gheorghe Vrănceanu National College” in Bacău and had just found out that the University of Manchester accepted him as a scholarship holder to study psychology. However, this great news was overshadowed by the material difficulties that Ștefan knew he would not be able to overcome on his own. Even if the scholarship covered educational costs, there were additional costs with housing, transport, meals… and that was not at all something small, especially in the UK.
Mihai Cucuringu - An educational journey from Bacău to Oxford
Although very young, Mihai Cucuringu is a man with many professional achievements and many academic experiences. In 2003 he graduated Gh A. Murgoci highschool in Brăila. He then went to Hiram College, Ohio, with specialisations in math, computing and economics. In 2012 he completed his PhD at Princeton University in applied and computational math. Then he worked for Bank of America in New York and had a post-doctoral position as Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Department of UCLA. Mihai is currently Associate Professor within the Department of Statistics at Oxford University, with affiliates at the Institute of mathematics of Oxford and the Alan Touring Institute in London.
How to present your story efficiently and with impact
One of the most important but also the hardest steps in any fundraising campaign is the presentation of your story. It is not easy to break a piece of yourself and present it to the public. But life will put you in a position to make presentations on various topics, in different situations, and this is an exercise that will be useful to you.
Here are some things to keep in mind if you want to make an impactful presentation:
Georgiana S. – O poveste despre hotărâre și modestie
Coming from Suceava, Georgiana S. is a young woman with serene eyes and big dreams. From an early age, she proved to be a fighter, overcoming all the obstacles that life put in her way. The dream of becoming an architect motivated her and guided her every step. Arriving on her own, Georgiana worked both in Switzerland and in Romania in the last two summers before taking the baccalaureate exam in order to cover the costs necessary to prepare for college.
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