OlympicsApr 7, 2008
Vermont College Welcomes Refugees
“I feel I didn't belong there, when you go through stuff like that. ... I was damaged”
When his family landed in Vermont three years ago, Rwandan refugee Jean-Luc Dushime didn't speak English. Now, he's in college on a full scholarship, and hopes to attend graduate school.
The credit, he said, goes to Champlain College, a private school with about 1,940 undergraduates. President David Finney was inspired by a documentary about refugees to established a scholarship program that helps them avoid the $24,000 annual tuition.
'Champlain College was the only school that gave me a full scholarship and was the only school interested to know me as a person,' the 27-year-old sophomore said. Read more
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