Scholarship Program Honors Thirteen More Graduates, Pushes Total Awards Past $90,000

The Thomas Carr Howe Alumni Association Board of Directors at its Scholarship Night, June 10, presented awards to twelve graduating seniors and one former scholarship honoree. 

Six seniors from Thomas Carr Howe Community High School were awarded $1,000 scholarships; four seniors from Marion County high schools who have a “Howe connection” (parents or grandparents who are graduates of Howe) were awarded $1,000; and two TCHCHS graduates were each awarded $500 Howe 400 Club scholarships. 

Dan Kaga, ‟57, Alumni Associa-tion Scholarship Chairperson, and Scholarship Committee members Jean (Morgan) Koelliker, ‟55; and Errol Spears, ‟60; announced the winners and presented the awards to the following 2010 graduates:

Zachary C. T. Beltran, Howe, admitted to Purdue University, where he will study Computer and Infor-mation Technology; 

Catherine Callahan, Howe, admitted to IUPUI, where she will study Animal Medicine; 

Carlos Martinez, Howe, admitted to Indiana University, where he will major in Education; 

Terry Sargent, Jr, Howe, admitted to Indiana University to study Business Management in Sports; 

Brittni Scott, Howe, admitted to Indiana University, to study Forsenic Pathology; 

Jamie Smith, Howe, admitted to IUPUI to study Psychology; 

Nicole Clegg, Scecina Memorial High School, admitted to Indiana University, major undecided, daugh-ter of Sandra (Hawkins) Clegg, ‟84. 

Colleen Friedly, Broad Ripple High School, admitted to Indiana University to study Anthropology, Zoology, and Art History, daughter of Kevin Friedly, ‟77; 

Sara Hancock, Warren Central High School, to Purdue University to study Biology, Pre-Physical Therapy, granddaughter of Gail (Gulleson) Hancock, ‟52. 

Kelsey Rosswurm, Scecina Memorial High School, admitted to Purdue to study Health Sciences, granddaughter of Barbara (Gallagher) Riley, ‟53. 

The Howe 400 Club Scholarships, each $500, were presented to Howe graduates— 

Joseph Crowe, to Indiana University to study Criminal Justice; 

Jordan Dunz, admitted to Prime Time Institute to study nursing. 

The Karl Schneider Scholarship, an award of $750 in honor of the Associa-tion‟s first president, for a previous scholarship winner to continue graduate study, goes to Aaron Hadley, Ball State University Honors College. Aa-ron is the son of Joyce (Covert) Had-ley, ‟80. 

A reception for the honorees and their families followed the awards pro-gram and provided a chance for winners to smile and their family members to celebrate their offspring‟s scholastic achievements. 

Since the first scholarships the Association program, now in its fifteenth year, has made awards totaling $92,000 to 138 students 

In 1996 the Association gave two $500 Howe 400 Club scholarships. The next year saw the first scholarship funded by alumni donations. As the Scholarship Fund grew, so did the number and the amount of the awards. The generous grant of The Tom Russell Charitable Foundation enabled the Association to increase scholarships in 2006 to awards of $750; in 2007 the amount was increased again to the pre-sent level of $1,000. The Howe 400 Club is set at $500. 

The number and the amount of the awards are determined by the funds available. The Board determines eligi-bility requirements for applicants.