UW Faculty Auxiliary

December 7, 2017

2017 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS DINNER AND LECTURE

The three UWFA 2017 scholarship recipients, Michelle Davis, Hakikat Bains and Rayeong Chang: Left: Michelle Davis is a senior and majoring in education. After ten years of work primarily with children and having received an Associate Degree, she transferred to the UW. She wants to go to graduate school and pursue a master's degree in Instructional Leadership. Michelle comes to Seattle from California and has a 10 year old daughter. She is heavily involved at her daughter’s school. Center: Hakikat Bains is a senior, double majoring in psychology and education. She hopes to pursue a career within child psychology. She is a second generation immigrant from India and grew up in Omak, Washington. She is a community leader and involved in numerous student organizations at the UW and received one of the Husky 100 awards in 2017. Right: Rayeong Chang is a senior in social welfare. She is a recent immigrant from Korea and started taking ESL classes in 2013 at Highline College before transferring to the UW. She wants to pursue a career as a social worker. She is a full time student, working and actively involved with the Organization of Students of Social Work.

The three UWFA 2017 scholarship recipients, Michelle Davis, Hakikat Bains and Rayeong Chang:
Left: Michelle Davis is a senior and majoring in education. After ten years of work primarily with children and having received an Associate Degree, she transferred to the UW. She wants to go to graduate school and pursue a master’s degree in Instructional Leadership.
Michelle comes to Seattle from California and has a 10 year old daughter. She is heavily involved at her daughter’s school.
Center: Hakikat Bains is a senior, double majoring in psychology and education. She hopes to pursue a career within child psychology.
She is a second generation immigrant from India and grew up in Omak, Washington. She is a community leader and involved in numerous student organizations at the UW and received one of the Husky 100 awards in 2017.
Right: Rayeong Chang is a senior in social welfare. She is a recent immigrant from Korea and started taking ESL classes in 2013 at Highline College before transferring to the UW. She wants to pursue a career as a social worker.
She is a full time student, working and actively involved with the Organization of Students of Social Work.

Ray Willman and Judy Rantz Willman, . Judy Rantz Willman, speaker of the scholarship 2017 evening and the daughter of Joe Rantz, the main character in the book, The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

Ray Willman and Judy Rantz Willman, .
Judy Rantz Willman, speaker of the scholarship 2017 evening and the daughter of Joe Rantz, the main character in the book, The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.

2017 Scholarship Committee Report

The Faculty Auxiliary Scholarship Committee recognized three award winners on the evening of November 7th, 2017, at the University Club with dinner and a featured lecture program. The dinner and program were sold out and 88 people attended the combination.

Three UW senior women, Michelle Davis, Hakikat Baines, and Rayeong Chang each received a $5000 scholarship to be applied to their tuition for the 2017-2018 year.

They had submitted essays of application in August to the UW Scholarship office, administered by Linda Olsen.  She had then forwarded them to the Scholarship Committee, Hady DeJong, Linda Rhines, and Joan Burton, chair.

The Committee had met in September to select three winners from the submissions. The three were notified of the awards and each one was personally contacted by a committee member. They were asked to prepare a short acceptance speech after the dinner to tell briefly the stories of their lives and their plans for the future.

In opening the program, Nancy Kenagy welcomed all the guests, both FA members and University Club members. Joan, as chair, introduced Linda Olsen, representing the University, and Barbara Garlid, founder of the Visiting Faculty Housing Service program, which helps to fund scholarships. Other sources of scholarship funding include personal donations by FA members and sales of knitted hats.

The lecture program was Judy Rantz Willman and her husband Ray Willman, speaking on the book, “The Boys in the Boat,” the story of her father, Joe Rantz, and the part she played in the research for the book. Many questions followed her slides and story, and Judy answered them thoroughly.

The Faculty Auxiliary thank- you gift was a $50 gift certificate from the University Book Store. Judy thanked the Faculty Auxiliary for its generosity.

 

Joan Burton

2017 Scholarship Committee Chair