On March 27, 2015, The Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa held a recep­tion at the Old Capi­tol to rec­og­nize its Bright Schol­ars includ­ing the following:

2014

• Serif Bace­vac – Health and Human Phys­i­ol­o­gy/Pre-Med­i­cine
• Rean­nan Jade Bar­low – Open Major
• Jayme Blaser – Child Life Interest
• Nick­o­las Kutsch – Com­put­er and Elec­tri­cal Engineering
• Stephanie Niklasen – Human Phys­i­ol­o­gy/Pre-Physi­cian Assistant
• Kyle Schwartz – His­to­ry and Pre-Law
• Alec Shultz – Business
• Derek Stef­fen – Business
• Leah Waugh­tal – English

2013

• Dil­lon Fre­itag – Polit­i­cal Science
• McKen­zie Grimm – Psychology
• Aman­da Har­gis – English/​Secondary Education
• Danielle Nehman – Inclu­sive Recre­ation/Pre-Occu­pa­tion­al Therapy
• Feri­da Nuhavon­ic - Eng­lish

2012

• Tess Lough – Eco­nom­ics (Pol­i­cy)

Dur­ing the recep­tion, remarks were pro­vid­ed by:

• Brent Gage – Asso­ciate Vice Pres­i­dent for Enroll­ment Man­age­ment, Office of the Provost
• Lin­da Pierce – Assis­tant Direc­tor of Schol­ar­ships, Office of Stu­dent Finan­cial Aid
• Dan Kel­ly – Bright Foundation
• Wes Ritchie – Bright Foundation
• Tess Lough – First Bright Schol­ar­ship Recipient