SWARTHMORE, Pa. - A'Dorian Murray-Thomas of the Swarthmore College women's lacrosse team is one of six Swarthmore College students recently awarded Eugene M. Lang Opportunity Scholarship. 

Selection criteria for Lang Opportunity Scholarships include distinguished academic and extra-curricular achievement, leadership qualities, and demonstrated commitment to civic and social responsibility. Each scholar receives a guaranteed summer internship, educational enhancement funds, and the opportunity to apply for up to $10,000 to create a project that addresses a social problem. Students who successfully complete a project are also eligible for up to $5,000 each year for graduate studies, up to two years. The program was conceived and endowed by Eugene M. Lang '38.

SHE Wins Institute, Murray-Thomas' proposed Lang project, will be a 10-week summer program for Newark girls who have lost a parent or sibling to homicide. Participants will be empowered to use their experience as a catalyst for personal, intellectual and civic development. Fusing therapeutic, self-empowerment, and social justice models, SHE Wins Institute aims to help students acquire a lifelong civic-minded framework that develops their intellectual, personal, and civic selves. The outcome will be a cohort of youth empowered to be agents of positive change throughout their communities.

On the field, Murray-Thomas plays at defense for the women's lacrosse squad - a team that went 10-6 last spring and posted the conference's third-best goals against average (9.19). 


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