On April 26, 2019, Iowa State Uni­ver­si­ty host­ed a recep­tion at the Memo­r­i­al Union to hon­or its 2018 Bright Schol­ars. New schol­ar­ship recip­i­ents rec­og­nized include:

• Mason Drees – Mechan­i­cal Engineering 
• Ethan Fet­zer – Agri­cul­ture and Life Sci­ences Education
• Mor­gan Klu­en­der – Biology 
• Natasha Orton – Pre-Bio­log­i­cal/Pre-Med­ical Illustration
• Cyn­thia Vil­le­gas – Con­struc­tion Engineering 

Remarks at the event were pro­vid­ed by:

• Erin Schwartz – Pro­gram Coor­di­na­tor II
• Lau­ra Doer­ing – Asso­ciate Vice Pres­i­dent, Enroll­ment Man­age­ment and Stu­dent Success
• Tom Press – Bright Foun­da­tion Board Pres­i­dent & Man­ag­ing Director
• Mered­ith Dohmen – Bright Foun­da­tion Direc­tor of Scholarships

The Bright Foun­da­tion pre­sent­ed new schol­ars with a medal­lion and Bright Sto­ry book.