NSB Spring 2013 - University of Nevada, Reno

Bernard Kwok ’81, ’84MBA, and Hera Siu ’82, ’84MBA, have established a scholarship endowment to benefit students in the Scholar Leader
program at the College of Business.
College of Business graduates Kwok and Siu create new
endowed scholarship
Bernard Kwok ’81 (electrical engineering), ’84MBA, and Hera Siu ’82
(managerial sciences), ’84MBA, have established the Bernard Kwok and
Hera Siu Scholar Leader Scholarship Endowment for business students
at Nevada.
Fortune Magazine listed Siu among the top 10 global women on the
rise, and among the top 50 business women outside of the United States.
Siu, president of the Chinese business unit for software giant SAP,
received the 2011 Nevada Alumni Association award for the College of
Business. Kwok is a senior vice president for Symantec, responsible for
the company’s business in the Asia Pacific region and Japan. He received
SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENTS
the College of Engineering’s 2008 Scrugham Medal and the 2008 Nevada
Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award.
“Through this scholarship, we hope to enhance educational and
leadership opportunities for College of Business students who have an
interest in international business and the Asia-Pacific region,” Siu says.
The couple’s scholarship endowment marks the ninth Scholar Leader
Scholarship at the College of Business. These four-year awards, given
to Nevada high school graduates pursuing degrees in business, provide
opportunities for recipients to develop their leadership skills through
student and professional organizations, service projects, mentoring,
networking events and internships.
Incoming freshmen are selected for the program based on their demonstrated
leadership within a student and/or civic organization, enrollment
as a pre-business or business major and GPA. A faculty member
coordinates student activities and acts as a mentor for the entire four
years of each student’s participation in the program.
Additional Scholar Leader scholarships are supported by the Mallory
Foundation, which helped initiate the program in 2009, along with the
Crystal Family Foundation, Maureen Mullarkey ’88MBA and Ralph
Whitworth ’82 (political science).
—Roseann Keegan
Endowed scholarships can be created with a minimum
gift of $10,000, contributed in full or built to the endowment
level of $10,000 in one-to-five years. Once fully funded, the
principal is invested and an award is made when $1,000 is
available. The principal is untouched, so the endowment
can last into perpetuity. Donors can specify their scholarship
endowment purposes. The annual payout is approximately
4.5% or $1,125 for every $25,000 given. To learn more, please
contact Melanie Perish, director of development, university
scholarships, (775) 682-6544 or mperish@unr.edu.
To learn more about supporting the College of Business, please contact Lynda Buhlig ’84, executive director of development, at (775) 682-6013
or lbuhlig@unr.edu.
Photos provided by College of Business
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