Betsegaw tadele biography sample

"There is no impossible. There is no unbelievable," Morehouse valedictorian Betsegaw Tadele said during his speech.

By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN

(CNN)- On a rainy afternoon this spring when President Barack Obama gave the commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta, he called valedictorian Betsegaw Tadele the &#;skinny guy with a funny name&#;&#; a nickname Obama has often called himself.
So, who is that other &#;skinny guy?&#;
Tadele&#;s journey to sharing a stage with the president began in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the youngest of Tadele Alemu and Almaz Ayalew&#;s two children.

Tadele&#;s first name, Betsegaw, means "by God's grace" in Amharic, his native language.
In the summer of , Tadele came to the United States in pursuit of a higher education.
Morehouse College, a historically black college, was not Tadele&#;s first choice; he was initially interested in more technical schools.

Morehouse only awarded him enough scholarship funds to pay for tuition, not ro