December 14, 2020
Fewer families benefit from Toys for Tots this year Written by Geoffrey Plant on December 14, 2020
(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
From left, Olga Sarli, Joe Nerling, Michael Lopez and Gina Maestas help deliver a sack of toys to a family during the drive-thru Toys for Tots distribution at the Santa Clara Armory on Saturday. The “contactless” event was held in accordance with COVID-19 pandemic restrictions under the state’s public health orders.
A somewhat diminished Toys for Tots distribution day happened a little differently in Grant County this year due to the pandemic, but the local arm of the national program still managed to bring Christmas spirit to more than 1,400 area households so far.
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Senior Kiara Gilbert awarded Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in the UK
Denise Valenti, Office of Communications
Dec. 10, 2020 9 a.m.
Kiara Gilbert
Photo by Leopoldo Solis
Princeton senior Kiara “KiKi” Gilbert has been named a 2021 Marshall Scholar. The Marshall Scholarship seeks to promote strong relations between the United Kingdom and the United States by offering intellectually distinguished young Americans the opportunity to develop their abilities as future leaders. The scholarship covers the cost of two years of graduate study in the UK at a university of the recipient’s choice.
Gilbert, a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of 46 awardees for 2021. An African American studies concentrator who is completing a certificate in humanistic studies, Gilbert will pursue an MPhil in criticism and culture at the University of Cambridge and an MPhil in political thought and intellectual theory at SOAS University of London.