Scholarship Story: Heidi Beardsley '25

“Through your generosity, I'm earning a world-class education. I've met incredibly knowledgeable professors and gained many important skills." —Heidi Beardsley '25 

Beardsley is a data-analytics major who also studies advanced ballet through Dickinson’s dance department, in partnership with Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. As a Dana Research Scholar, she completed a yearlong data-analyst internship with Dickinson’s Center for Sustainability Education. She has also volunteered as an Admissions Office ambassador and has served as a member of the Data Analytics Majors’ Committee and Dance Theatre Group. Last year, Beardsley was elected vice president of Hypnotic, the college’s hip-hop dance group. She’s earned distinction as a Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium’s 2023 Campus Sustainability Champion, was awarded the Delaplaine McDanile Prize and now serves as a 2023-24 Baird Sustainability Candidate.

Learn more about Beardsley’s time at Dickinson, and about the Change a Life—Change a World Campaign for Scholarships making those experiences possible for her and thousands of other students like her.

Published February 10, 2023