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The Bright Foundation Announces 48 New Scholarship Recipients for 2015


The Bright Foundation Announces 48 New Scholarship Recipients for 2015

The Bright Foun­da­tion is pleased to announce the 2015 recip­i­ents of the Bright Schol­ars of Iowa award, a need- and mer­it-based schol­ar­ship that hon­or out­stand­ing high school seniors across the state, ensur­ing they have the finan­cial means to com­plete a two- or four-year col­lege edu­ca­tion with­out accu­mu­lat­ing stu­dent loan debt. 

The 2015 Bright Schol­ars of Iowa recip­i­ents include:


  • Aida Aliba­sic – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Naa-Ep Lezi­ga Barikor – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa
  • Grant Bar­ton – Iowa State University
  • Anna Bauer – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Seth Baum­falk – South­west­ern Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Syd­ney Bethards – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Deon Cleve­land – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa
  • Kira Conard – Iowa State University
  • Kacey Cranston – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Jes­si­ca Ewart – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Andrea Fjel­stul – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Alex Franker – Iowa State University
  • Mar­shall Gill – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Mada­lyne Green – South­west­ern Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Christo­pher Gre­gorie – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Sarah Grein­er – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Kait­lyn Herold – Iowa State University
  • Alex­is House­man – Iowa State University
  • Alli­son Hul­siz­er – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Kwiz­era Imani – Iowa State University
  • Heather Kemp – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Nolan Kennedy – Iowa State University
  • Mari­ah Kil­go­re – South­west­ern Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Emileigh Klu­cas – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Nadezha Kro­n­gart – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Thao Luong – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa
  • Toby Mason – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa
  • Bri­an­na McA­tee – Iowa State University
  • Luke McDon­ald – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Geof­frey Mon­tour – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Dale­na Nguyen – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa
  • Syd­nee Nobis – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa
  • Abi­gail Olson DMACC
  • Natal­ie Olve­da – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Jade Peters DMACC
  • Natasha Peter­son – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa
  • Sara Ramirez – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Eliz­a­beth Roach – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Cen­dra Sebolt – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Rebekah Slet­ten – Iowa State University
  • Rae­gen Smith – South­west­ern Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Julian­na Teno – Indi­an Hills Com­mu­ni­ty College
  • Charles Ter­ry – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Ange­line Van­le – Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa
  • Hol­ly Von Ehwe­gen DMACC
  • Mary McKen­na Von Rentzel – Iowa State University
  • Athena Wal­ton – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa
  • Hunter Wash­burn – Uni­ver­si­ty of North­ern Iowa


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.