Your gift matters
Name: Conique Howard
Major: Social Work
Class: Senior
Hometown: Nashville, Arkansas
How has the UA Little Rock Annual Fund helped you?
“In 2012, I took a position for the state of Arkansas Hospice Department. I started mentoring under a social worker. It grew near and dear to my heart, and that is why I decided to return to school to major in social work. I have two children, 9-year-old Saraya and 5-year-old Rondalyn, and I am a caregiver for my mom, Joyce. I work full time, go to school, and spend my weekends interning at Youth Home, Inc. in Little Rock. I do all of that, and I don’t have a lot of extra money to foot school expenses out of my own pocket. I couldn’t pay all of my tuition, and I thought I would have to drop out the semester I was supposed to graduate. I know without a doubt this semester would not have happened without the Annual Fund. I didn’t know where this money was going to come from. I feel like I had an angel watching over me with the gift from the annual fund.”
Name: Elizabeth McCumpsey
Major: Accounting
Class: Senior
Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas
How has the UA Little Rock Annual Fund helped you?
“This is my last year of school before I earn my bachelor’s degree in accounting, and I couldn’t afford all of my tuition. My federal student loans and grants were exhausted, because I changed my major from nursing to accounting and had too many credit hours. The Annual Fund alleviated my financial burden. I have a 2-year-old daughter, Glennabell, who comes first. It’s very hard to work, go to school to try to better your life, and be a mom all at the same time. I hope you will donate to the Annual Fund. I didn’t have anybody else who could help me. The Annual Fund helped me pay for my school. Without it, I wouldn’t be in school right now, and I wouldn’t be able to graduate.”
