Scholarship donors and recipients gather at annual luncheon
DONORS AND STUDENTS – Interim Dean Lalit Verma, left, visits with Fendley Ragland, center, and Stanley Reed who spoke on behalf of students and donors at the Bumpers College Scholarship Luncheon.
Bumpers College scholarship donors and students who receive scholarships had the opportunity to visit with each other at the college’s annual Scholarship Luncheon in the Arkansas Union’s Alltel Ballroom Oct. 24.
More than 300 donors, students and faculty members attended the Scholarship Luncheon. Keynote speaker Chancellor Dave Gearhart said the U of A is renewing its commitment to putting students first and has adopted the slogan of “Students First.”
Stanley Reed, BSA ’73 JD ’76, a Phillips County farmer, president of Arkansas Farm Bureau and former UA Board of Trustees chairman, spoke about the importance of need-based scholarships. The U of A has a goal of raising $15 million for the Access Arkansas need-based scholarship program.
Stanley and Charlene Reed, BSHE ’74 MS ’77, established an Access Arkansas scholarship endowment in the name of Jim Lindsey of Fayetteville, a former chairman of the UA Board of Trustees. The scholarship is for Bumpers College students with a preference for students from eastern Arkansas.