The Elan Ganeles Endowed Scholarship Fund will be given to a first-generation junior or senior in the B. Arch degree program who shows financial need, and a student who receives The Elan Ganeles Annual Scholarship Award will be awarded $5000 for the 2024/2025 academic year.
Mr. Aaron Rand is an alumnus of The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York and gifted the college $30,000 to help students in Spitzer School’s Bachelor of Architecture Program.
Both the fund and award are in memory of Rand’s late grandson, Elan Ganeles. Ganeles was born and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut and double majored in sustainable development and neuroscience and behavior at Columbia University graduating in 2022 on the dean’s list. He was 26 when he was tragically killed on February 27, 2023 on his way to a friend’s wedding in Jerusalem, and Rand wanted to honor and keep Ganeles’s legacy alive with the creation of the scholarships.
"When I was a student at CCNY, I was a resident of Rockland County and drove to school parking behind Shepard Hall. I had to pay tuition for undergraduate and graduate courses and had to work at least 15 to 20 hours a week to pay my expenses. I was not able to spend as much time on my coursework as I would have liked and had to prioritize my time on courses that were most meaningful to me," said Rand. "I want this scholarship to allow the students who receive this award to be able to focus on his or her coursework without being burdened to seek employment and spend their time so that they can succeed in all their coursework."
Last Updated: 10/03/2024 13:56