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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.