The Bright Foundation Announces 2016 Scholarship Recipients
The Bright Foundation is pleased to announce the 2016 recipients of its two scholarships, Bright Scholars of Iowa and the Lois Dale Scholarship.
Both of these are need- and merit-based grants that honor outstanding high school seniors, ensuring they have the financial means to complete a two- or four-year college education without accumulating debt.
The Lois Dale Scholarship is available to students graduating from East High School in Des Moines, while Bright Scholars of Iowa is open to students across the state.
The 2016 Bright Scholars of Iowa recipients include:
- Rasmira Bajramovic – University of Northern Iowa
- Shahil Bhakta – Iowa State University
- Alexandria Bibbs – University of Northern Iowa
- Ryan Blakley – Indian Hills Community College
- Bailey Bland – Indian Hills Community College
- Romilia Castillo – University of Iowa
- Connor Christensen – University of Iowa
- Dilan Cummings – Iowa State University
- Amanda Dedrick – University of Northern Iowa
- Alex DiMarco – Iowa State University
- Kayla Edwards – Indian Hills Community College
- Kourtney Ende-Braun – University of Northern Iowa
- Kennisha Entsminger – University of Iowa
- Curtis Ford – Indian Hills Community College
- Timothy Frandsen – University of Northern Iowa
- Sydney Gibson – Indian Hills Community College
- Jacob Gockel – Iowa State University
- Angela Guerrero – University of Iowa
- Candy Heyer – University of Iowa
- Max Hollis – University of Iowa
- Sally Howard – Iowa State University
- Maddison Hughes – Indian Hills Community College
- Maisie Hughes – Indian Hills Community College
- Dylan Johnson – Iowa State University
- Angie Kalwies – University of Iowa
- Alan Taylor Kenworthy – University of Iowa
- Phat Le – University of Iowa
- Carolyn Lo – University of Iowa
- Holly McCoy – Indian Hills Community College
- Kelsey McFarland – Indian Hills Community College
- Tanner Moran – University of Northern Iowa
- Lane Neitz – Southwestern Community College
- Natalie Neuzil – University of Northern Iowa
- Mikayla Novak – Iowa State University
- Zachary Peters – Indian Hills Community College
- Vivian Ramirez – University of Iowa
- Trina Restauro – Southwestern Community College
- Sean Riley – University of Northern Iowa
- Ela Rizvanovic – University of Northern Iowa
- Allison Robinson – Iowa State University
- Selena Sampson – Southwestern Community College
- Virginia Schmidt – Indian Hills Community College
- Cole Schreiber – University of Northern Iowa
- Jessica Simons – Indian Hills Community College
- Remington Sliger – Iowa State University
- Hannah Tjarks – Iowa State University
- Jennifer Villa Glavez – Iowa State University
- Xinyang (Lynda) Wang – University of Iowa
- Trevor Wangsness – University of Northern Iowa
- Cole Whitney – Iowa State University
- Kade Williams – University of Northern Iowa
The 2016 Lois Dale Bright Scholarship recipients include:
- Jordyn Anderson – University of Iowa
- Rosa Cruz – Iowa State University
- Bao Hoang – University of Iowa
- Jasmine Khammany – Iowa State University
- Willie Le – Iowa State University
- Autumn Lippold– Iowa State University
- Carlos Quintana – Iowa State University
- Alyssa Smith – University of Iowa
- Sia Turner – Iowa State University
The Bright Foundation was founded by H. Dale and Lois Bright in 1957. Since then, it has quietly contributed millions of dollars to Iowa organizations, charities and educational institutions.