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Images from the Second Annual University of Iowa Scholarship Recognition Luncheon
Posted October 28, 2002
IOWA CITY -- More than 230 grateful UI students and generous contributors gathered at the Levitt Center for University Advancement on September 13, 2002, for the Second Annual University of Iowa Scholarship Recognition Luncheon. Co-hosted by The University of Iowa and The University of Iowa Foundation, the luncheon celebrates UI-wide scholarships made possible through private support. The event allows students to meet and interact with donors who have created scholarship funds, and to learn more about how privately funded student aid is helping students pursue their academic and career goals. Featured speakers at the luncheon included UI President Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd; alumnus Jefferson Davis of Naples, Florida, who has endowed a number of scholarship funds through the UI Foundation; Darin Croft of Chicago, a 1993 UI graduate and scholarship recipient; and Joan Kato, a senior business major from Cedar Rapids, recipient of a Carver Scholarship from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa. Following are images from the September 13 luncheon:  At the Second Annual University of Iowa Scholarship Recognition Luncheon, more than 230 contributors and students gathered in the Levitt Center for University Advancement to celebrate the ideals of generosity and scholarly achievement.  Luncheon speakers included Joan Kato of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, senior business major and recipient of a Carver Scholarship, established by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa . . .  Jefferson Davis (1964 B.S., 1966 M.A.) of Naples, Florida, who has established several scholarships in honor of his family . . .  And Darin Croft (1993 B.A.) of Chicago, who received a scholarship while a UI student and spoke about that award's powerful impact on his life and career.  The luncheon brought together many donors and recipients, including Katherine Clifton (1949 B.A.) and Jim Clifton (1951 R.) of Iowa City and Pamela Betz, a sophomore from Alexander, Iowa, and recipient of the Susan M. Clifton Achievement Scholarship . . .  And Charles W. Day (1960 B.A., 1962 M.D., 1964 Ph.D.) of Des Moines and Abiodun O. Oluyomi, a graduate student from Nigeria and recipient of the Charles W. Day One World Scholarship.  Interim UI President Sandy Boyd enjoyed talking with scholarship recipients at a pre-luncheon reception. Raising $142 million for scholarships and other forms of student support is a major goal within the UI's $850 million comprehensive campaign, which will run through 2005 and is being conducted under the guidance of the UI Foundation. Named Good. Better. Best. Iowa: The Campaign to Advance Our Great University, the seven-year effort is raising private funds to help launch a variety of initiatives across the university, substantially increase the number of UI scholarships and endowed faculty positions, support new educational and research facilities, build the UI's endowment and fund outreach and service programs to benefit Iowans. The UI Foundation is acknowledged by the UI as a preferred channel for private contributions that benefit all areas of the university. For more information about the Good. Better. Best. Iowa campaign, visit its web site at www.GoodBetterBestIowa.org. Contact Information
Tom DePrenger Additional information about supporting student aid at The University of Iowa and the comprehensive campaign's student aid priorities also is available on this site. |