2017 Spring Scholarship Awards Night
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) hosted its Spring 2017 Scholarship Awards Night on Thursday, February 16, 2017. More than 130 scholarship recipients, family, donors, and invited guests attended a dinner catered by Bon Appetit to recognize 260 scholarship recipients—totaling 534 awards—representing 32 contributing donor organizations totaling $519,906 in awards.
IAIA would like to thank the donors, administration, faculty, and staff for making the Spring 2017 Scholarship Awards Night a success, and, congratulations to the Spring 2017 scholarship recipients!
“As Institute of American Indian Arts Student of the Year, I am closer to achieving my goals. The American Indian College Fund has helped me learn the value of diversity through our community at IAIA. Being Student of the Year has been one of the most meaningful experiences in my commitment to college and I look forward to continuing my education with future success.”
List of Donors
Thank You To Our Donors
| List of Donors |
|---|
| 1st Tribal Lending Scholarship |
| American Indian College Fund 25th Anniversary Veterans |
| American Indian College Fund Boys and Girls Club of America Tribal College |
| American Indian College Fund Native |
| American Indian College Fund Katharine Scallan Tribal College |
| American Indian College Fund Mabel Y.Hughes Charitable Trust |
| American Indian College Fund Non-Native |
| American Indian College Fund Pendleton Woolen Mills Tribal College |
| Allan Houser |
| Andrew Krusko, Sr., Memorial |
| Anheuser-Busch Tribal College Scholars Scholarship |
| Anonymous Foundation Scholarship Ahmanson |
| AT&T American Indian Scholarship |
| Coca-Cola Foundation First Generation Scholarship |
| General Tribal Scholarship |
| Gretchen and Nelson Grice |
| IAIA Board of Trustees |
| IAIA MFA |
| James and Ann Santini |
| Jerry Westheimer Native American Oklahoma |
| Johnson Foundation Entrepreneurship |
| Julie Talayumptewa Memorial Scholarship |
| Katherine Scallan |
| Kavka Scholarship |
| Kim Denise Willeto |
| Lannan Foundation for MFA in Creative Writing |
| Lannan Foundation Scholarship |
| Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger |
| N. Scott Momaday for Creative Writing |
| NBC Universal Scholarship |
| New Mexico State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts |
| Sharp Fund |
| Sovereign Nations Endowed Scholarship |
| Truman Capote Fund |
| UPS Foundation Tribal College Scholarship |
| USA Funds Tribal College Scholarship |
| Vine Deloria Jr. Memorial Scholarship |
| Walmart Foundation Tribal College Scholarship |
| Walt Disney Company Scholarship |
Photographic Views from the Event
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