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Erin Orozco '04 Business Hometown: Keokuk, Iowa |
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"Coming from a smaller Iowa town, it's been really exciting being part of the University community. The professors are brilliant, and there's a diversity here that lets you make yourself into the kind of person you want to be." Erin's involvement with the UI goes back a long way -- her mother, Louise Orozco (1972 B.A.), is an Iowa grad. But what really got her hooked was when she came to the UI the summer between her 7th- and 8th-grade years as a participant in the Blank Summer Institute for the Arts and Sciences. Erin dreamed of coming here for college ever since, and the experience has met all her expectations. She's been helped in realizing her goal by the support of caring contributors who want to see students like Erin succeed at Iowa. She received a prestigious UI Presidential Scholarship and an Opportunity at Iowa scholarship (given to students of minority heritage with high academic achievement). As an Early Admissions Program (EAP) student in the UI Tippie College of Business, she received aid made possible in part by support from gifts to the College of Business Development Fund. And she takes advantage of all the many ways that annual resources from that fund make the UI an outstanding business school -- from the Business Library to access to up-to-date technology. Erin knows well how important private support is. She says, "The people who contribute to the college have given me the best gift I can imagine. I couldn't have come here without that help, and the college wouldn't be the great place it is. I would've missed out on all these opportunities."
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