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First scholarship recipient has sights set on UN

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-61" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;10&sol;SN14&lowbar;-&lowbar;News&lowbar;-&lowbar;News&lowbar;in&lowbar;Brief&lowbar;-&lowbar;Scholarship&lowbar;Yip&lowbar;family&lowbar;&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SN14 - News - News in Brief - Scholarship Yip family " width&equals;"253" height&equals;"159" &sol;>Katherine Yip of Dannemora&comma; a former student of Baradene College of the Sacred Heart in Auckland&comma; is the first recipient of the newly created Erica Pabst Scholarship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 20-year-old is currently studying for a law and arts degree at Auckland University&period; Katherine has been a passionate volunteer for Trade Aid for the past six years&comma; and has her sights set on a career helping people in third world countries through the application of international law and human rights&period; She says the scholarship of &dollar;3750 will help her pursue a career in fair trade&comma; and she would eventually like to work for the United Nations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s a real honour to receive this scholarship&comma; and to also be the first recipient&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a very significant stepping stone towards helping me make a difference in my own way&comma; for people who really need it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says Katherine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chair of the Baradene board of proprietors&comma; Gavin Rennie&comma; says Katherine is an outstanding student and has a great career path ahead of her&comma; following an interest in human rights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As our first recipient&comma; we are thrilled to provide Katherine with a helping hand to pursue what is clearly a lifelong passion – what will be very humbling to see is the difference this will make to other lives as well as her own in years to come&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Erica Pabst Scholarship has been made possible through a grant from the LP Trust by an Alumna of Erskine College&comma; Baradene&&num;8217&semi;s sister school in Wellington&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sister Pabst &lpar;1902-1997&rpar; was the first pupil of the Convent of the Sacred Heart&comma; Auckland&comma; now known as Baradene College&period; Her years in education and teaching&comma; including her time as principal of Erskine College&comma; earned her a well-deserved reputation for wisdom&comma; humility&comma; acuity&comma; directness&comma; and a ready wit&period; Before entering the Society of the Sacred Heart&comma; Sister Pabst completed her Llb through Auckland University College&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The annual scholarship fund is open to Alumnae of Baradene College studying towards a law degree at Auckland University at stage-two level&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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