What goes around comes around. That may seem like an old saw, but for two lucky Peabody students, it is anything but trite. Katie White, a rising senior, and Kathleen Russell, a May graduate, are recipients of the Rogers Family Scholarship, established in 2006 as a way for the Rogers family to give back to the university by providing awards based on academic merit to students enrolled in Peabody College.
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Parents Brian and Mary Jo made the scholarships available for future Peabodians. Brian is chairman of T. Rowe Price Group, and Mary Jo is actively involved with Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore. Brian attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School, while Mary Jo matriculated at Emmanuel College in Boston. They have made education a priority in their philanthropic activities.
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