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UNI Hosts Bright Scholars of Iowa Reception


UNI Hosts Bright Scholars of Iowa Reception

On Octo­ber 30, 2014, The Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa host­ed a recep­tion at the Cen­ter for Mul­ti­cul­tur­al Edu­ca­tion to hon­or stu­dents award­ed the Bright Schol­ars of Iowa Schol­ar­ship. 

Bob Fan­ter of the Bright Foun­da­tion attend­ed the event where the where the newest recip­i­ents of the schol­ar­ship were rec­og­nized and pre­sent­ed with a Bright Schol­ars medal­lion, including:


  • Antho­ny Bey­erink – Finance
  • Dana Coun­sell – Eng­lish Education
  • Emi­ly Glawe – Unde­cid­ed
  • Jacque­line Hen­ry – Ele­men­tary Education
  • Dian­na Huis­man – Biology/​Biochemistry Pre-Vet
  • Omar Mar­tinez – Physics
  • Bob­bi McGin­nis – Finance
  • Cov­ed Oswald – Com­put­er Science
  • Shel­by Yates – Leisure, Youth and Human Services
  • Zachary Youmans – Math Education


Dur­ing the event, remarks were pro­vid­ed by:


  • Joyce Mor­row – Direc­tor, Office of Finan­cial Aid and Scholarships
  • Anne Strom 2013 Bright Schol­ar Recipient
  • Bev­er­ly Apel – Bright Foun­da­tion Representative
  • Cov­ed Oswald2014 Bright Schol­ar Recipient
  • Shel­by Yates2014 Bright Schol­ar Recipient


At the event, medal­lions were pre­sent­ed to pre­vi­ous recip­i­ents of the Bright Schol­ars of Iowa award includ­ing Gar­rett Miller in 2012 and stu­dents from the 2013 cohort, including:


  • Amy Nordyke
  • Zachary Rye
  • Jesse Soren­son
  • Bai­ley St. Clair
  • Ann Strom