Co-Founder of TheDream.US meets with SUNY Old Westbury students
Donald Graham, co-founder of TheDream.US, the largest scholarship and career program for undocumented youth in the nation, visited SUNY Old Westbury recently to meet with students receiving support through the program.
The students enjoyed a small group conversation with Graham and Hyein Lee, chief operating officer of TheDream.US. During the session, they reviewed the students’ experiences at Old Westbury, the resources available to them through TheDream.US, and their shared and individual concerns following the latest federal and state elections.
SUNY Old Westbury became a college partner in TheDream.US in the fall of 2022 and has welcomed recipients of TheDream.US support in both fall 2023 and fall 2024. The campus is committed to providing support and resources for undocumented students.
TheDream.US National Scholarship application is now open with a deadline of February 28, 2025. Applications are open to immigrant students with or without DACA or TPS who came to the U.S. before the age of 16 and before Nov. 1, 2019, and who qualify for in-state tuition at a partner college, like SUNY Old Westbury. The National Scholarships award up to $16,500 for an associate’s degree and $33,000 for a bachelor’s degree annually.
In all, TheDream.US has over the last decade has provided more than 10,000 college scholarships to Dreamers at more than 80 partner institutions in over 20 states and Washington, D.C.
Along with having co-founded TheDream.US, Graham is the chair emeritus of Graham Holdings Company, a diversified holding company that previously owned The Washington Post and Newsweek, and the former publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post. He is a past chairman and current member of District of Columbia College Access Program, which has helped enroll more than 35,000 Washington, D.C., students in post-secondary education, celebrated the success of 14,000 college graduates and awarded nearly $55 million scholarship dollars.