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Report from the third annual
Posted October 13, 2003
IOWA CITY -- More than 200 grateful UI students and generous contributors gathered at the Levitt Center for University Advancement on September 19, 2003, for the third 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 David Skorton; alumnae Cassandra Foens, M.D., of Waterloo, who has endowed a Presidential Scholarship through the UI Foundation; and Emily Vail, a junior pre-med major from Mahtomedi, Minnesota, recipient of the Presidential Scholarship endowed by Dr. Foens. Following are images from the September 19 luncheon:  Presidential Scholar Emily Vail addresses the third annual luncheon where 210 contributors and students gathered to celebrate the ideals of generosity and scholarly achievement.  Luncheon speakers included Cassandra Foens, M.D., who has endowed a Presidential Scholarship, the most generous award given to high-achieving UI students.  UI President David Skorton stressed the importance of both need-based and merit-based student aid.  Ann Devitt Harris (left) and Stacey Abel (right) attended the luncheon as representatives of the Chi Omega sorority, which has created a scholarship held this year by UI student Heather Christiansen (center).  Contributors Sally Staley (second from left) and Trish Koza (third from right) are flanked by students Lauren Accurso, Kristen Breaux, and Katherine Pollpeter, all of whom hold the Dr. Kenneth R. and Jeanette B. Cross scholarship.  Dr. Troy Ross (back row, second from right), executive director of the Carver Charitable Trust, and Linda Pahl (front row, far right), also of the Carver Trust, gathered with a large group of Carver Scholars.  Zoe and Jim Connor and their scholarship recipients Rich Kirkendall, Nicole Heacock, and Tricia Kremer.  Scholarship contributors Mary and Don Lappin with recipients Tyler Willhite, Nicole Jackson, Christie Lee, and Emily Cappaert.  Bill Leefers (center), representing the Ecumenical Minority Scholarship Fund, and award recipients Tiffany Mabins and Latoya Ford.  Contributors Marlys Smith (left), Blanche Smith (center), and Will Smith (right) with scholarship recipients Patrick Ashcraft and Kimberlie Kaster.  Father Edward Fitzpatrick (left) and Father John Stecher (right) with Heidi Kraus, who holds the Catholic Studies Scholarship.  Emily Vail and Cassie Foens, both of whom spoke at the luncheon to represent, respectively, the students' and donors' points of view. 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
Cassidy Titcomb Additional information about ways to support University-wide student aid also is available on this site. |