For Immediate Release
Contact: Clint Wallace The Joyce Ivy Foundation 917.714.0080
Seventy-nine Named Joyce Ivy Foundation Summer Scholars
Marks Eighth Year As Leading Provider of Pre-College Scholarships
ANN ARBOR, MI, April 25, 2013 – The Joyce Ivy Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to broadening the college aspirations of talented female high school students, today announced the names of seventy-nine young women receiving 2013 summer scholarships for pre-college study at top colleges and universities. The Joyce Ivy
Foundation Summer Scholars program saw record growth in the number of applications from throughout the Midwestern states of Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska,
Missouri, Minnesota, and North Dakota.
The Joyce Ivy Foundation provides full and partial scholarships for pre-college summer study at highly selective college campuses, including Barnard College, Brown
University, Cornell University, Emory University, George Washington University,
Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
New York University, Smith College, and Stanford University. Scholarship awards are
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made in conjunction with financial aid provided by the Joyce Ivy Foundation college partners, typically through special partnership arrangements between the Foundation and the college summer programs. Participation in summer academic programs at these institutions provide valuable experiences for these talented high school women who aspire to study on the most rigorous college campuses as undergraduates.
The Joyce Ivy Foundation evaluates Summer Scholars applicants for exceptional academic achievement, demonstrated commitment to pursuit of rigorous undergraduate programs, service to community, and extracurricular activities.
"The 2013 Joyce Ivy Scholars are top of their class academically and leaders in their school and community,” said Erich Bagen, Joyce Ivy Foundation Board member and
Chairman of the Summer Scholars Selection Committee. "As important, Joyce Ivy
Scholars are seeking new experiences and a challenge. Our Scholars demonstrate a clear desire to push boundaries and stretch themselves."
The 2013 cohort of seventy-nine Scholars represents the largest in the Joyce Ivy
Foundation’s eight-year history. The 2013 Summer Scholars come from sixty-nine different high schools across Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, and
North Dakota. The states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, were added as Joyce Ivy Foundation supported states for the first time this year.
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“The 2013 Summer Scholars demonstrate remarkable academic achievement and diversity,” said S. Caroline Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Joyce Ivy Foundation.
“Of those students whose high schools provide a class rank, 41% are ranked first in their class. For 28% of Scholars, they will be part of the first generation in their family to attend a four-year college, and 41% self-identified as students of color. We are also very proud that 90% of this group will be receiving need-based financial aid with 45% receiving our highest scholarship award level.”
Three 2013 Summer Scholars have been named the inaugural Frank Minolli Engineering and Science Award Recipients: Alexis Barker (Michigan); Claire Johnson (Michigan); and Bailey Zywicki (Michigan). These awards, and the supporting scholarship funds, are provided by the Frank Minolli Foundation to support young women interested in pursuing higher study in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and to honor Frank Minolli.
The inaugural Mary Vandewiele Leadership Award Recipient is Leslie Hicks
(Michigan). The Vandewiele Leadership Award was established to support young women who demonstrate exceptional commitment to community and seek to hone their leadership skills through summer program participation.
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One Summer Scholar is also designated as JIF Alumnae Supported, as this scholarship is made possible through the gifts of Joyce Ivy Foundation Summer Scholars alumnae, their families, and friends. Maia Collins (Michigan) is the inaugural recipient of this scholarship.
The 2013 Summer Scholars will be honored at a reception and dinner on May 11 in
Ypsilanti, Michigan, featuring an address by the 2013 Joyce Ivy Foundation Leader of the Year, Lucy Clark Dougherty, a native of Michigan and the current Vice President and General Counsel of General Motors North America.
2013 Summer Scholars named from the state of Michigan are:
Chloe Alberta (Portland High School)
Amani Allen (Forest Hills Central High School)
Sarah Baker (Lee M. Thurston High School)
Aja Bamberger (Huron High School)
Alexis Barker (Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine), Frank Minolli Engineering and Science Award Recipient
Piper Batey (Cranbrook Kingswood School)
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Keerthana Byreddy (Troy Athens High School)
Annie Chen (Cranbrook Kingswood School)
Maia Collins (Cranbrook Kingswood School), JIF Alumnae Supported Scholar
Bethany Corne (Airport High School)
Gretta Donckers (Marquette Senior High School)
Hollie Dowd (Glen Lake Community High School)
Emily Durie (International Academy of Macomb)
Leslie Hicks (Cranbrook Kingswood School), Mary Vandewiele Leadership Award Recipient
Oten Iban (Walled Lake Northern High School)
Claire Johnson (West Ottawa High School), Frank Minolli Engineering and Science Award Recipient
Lily LaBelle (Farmington High School)
Aria Moore (Farmington High School)
Kendall Plummer (Grand Blanc High School)
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Chelsea Racelis (Pioneer High School)
Anushka Sarkar (West Bloomfield High School)
Annie Ruth Sawyer (Saint Joseph High School)
Shannon Sayles (Les Cheneaux Community Schools)
Swarna Shil (The Roeper School)
Elisabeth Silver (International Academy of Macomb)
Abigail Spica (East Kentwood High School)
Rebekah Suttner (Homeschool)
Katherine Taub (Community High School)
Alyssa Toye (South Lyon High School)
Maija VanRavenswaay (Northview High School)
Armine Verdiyan (Skyline High School)
Madeline Wilson (Mona Shores High School)
Minna Wybrecht (Greenhills School)
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Jooyeon Yang (Saint Joseph High School)
Michelle Zabat (Stoney Creek High School)
Bailey Zywicki (Cedar Springs High School), Frank Minolli Engineering and Science Award Recipient
2013 Summer Scholars named from the state of Ohio are:
Julia Cedeno (Saint Martin de Porres High School)
Megan Cerbin (Hawken School)
Connie Chen (Hudson High School)
Kelliher Chin (Metro High School)
Susan Eiben (Beachwood High School)
Alena Flick (Mother of Mercy High School)
Olivia Hampton (Dayton Regional STEM School)
Katherine Hancock (Defiance Senior High School)
Hadiya Harrigan (Seven Hills Upper School)
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BingQing Hu (Beachwood High School)
Christina Hurst (Defiance Senior High School)
Natalie Hurst (Licking Valley High School)
Sonoma Levine (Medina High School)
Louisa Liu (Solon High School)
Mercy Loyo (Olentanngy High School)
Rita Maricocchi (Loveland High School)
Jordan Martin (Stivers School for the Arts)
Maya McCabe (Rutherford B. Hayes High School)
Alexa Murray (Kings High School)
Caroline Prakel (Versailles High School)
Alyssa Solano (Gilmour Academy)
Chloe Tennant (Wickliffe High School)
Allison Wirt (Worthington Kilbourne High School)
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Shanalia Yoakum (St. Bernard-Elmwood Place High School)
2013 Summer Scholars named from the state of Nebraska are:
Purni Biswa (Benson High School)
Emma Himes (Papillion-La Vista High School)
Hannah Hippen (Millard North High School)
Danielle Pham (Papillion-La Vista High School)
Abril Rangel (Omaha South High Magnet School)
Taylor Uhlir (Norfolk Senior High School)
Imani Wilson (Lincoln East High School)
Ingrid Zhang (Lincoln East High School)
2013 Summer Scholars named from the state of Missouri are:
Jacqueline Cox (Cardinal Ritter College Prep)
Elizabeth Daugherty (Raymore Peculiar High School)
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Emily Goering (Platte County R-III High School)
Alexandra Hall (Rosati-Kain High School)
Sarah Shin (Parkway West High School)
2013 Summer Scholars named from the state of Minnesota are:
Roya Bashier (John Marshall High School)
Nicole Oliver (Prior Lake Senior High School)
Katharine Talerico (Wayzata High School
2013 Summer Scholars named from the state of North Dakota are:
Rebekah Fisher (Valley City High School)
Samantha Goerger (Wyndmere High School)
Haleigh Larson (Fargo South High School)
About The Joyce Ivy Foundation
The Joyce Ivy Foundation seeks to provide exposure, encouragement, counsel, financial assistance, and employment support to young women who have the academic, intellectual, and leadership potential to attend the nation's most selective institutions of higher education. Funding for the Joyce Ivy Foundation is provided by individuals, other foundations, and corporations. In 2012, the Foundation named 70 young
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women from Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio as Joyce Ivy Scholars, providing scholarships for them to attend summer educational programs at 11 partner colleges and universities. For more information, please visit www.joyceivyfoundation.org or contact the Joyce Ivy Foundation at [email protected] or (734) 661-0229.