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2010 Annual Report University of Alaska Foundation Promise

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NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR<br />

THE MENTALLY ILL (NAMI)<br />

OF FAIRBANKS RURAL<br />

CAMPUS SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Alexis Hills<br />

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF<br />

SOCIAL WORKERS (NASW)<br />

SOCIAL WORK SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Angela Christiansen<br />

Duane Lincoln<br />

Martha Simon<br />

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION<br />

FOR WOMEN IN<br />

CONSTRUCTION (NAWIC)<br />

NORTHERN ALASKA<br />

CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Jennifer Holland<br />

NATIONAL DEFENSE<br />

TRANSPORTATION<br />

ASSOCIATION ARNE<br />

MICHAELSEN SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Derek Abels<br />

Sonya Hood<br />

Katherine Munson<br />

JOE NAVA SHOOTING<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Jace Bures<br />

BONITA J. NEILAND<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Kirsten Woodard<br />

MILDRED NERLAND/PEO<br />

SISTERHOOD MEMORIAL<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Jessica Lauser<br />

OMAR ERIK NIELSON<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Caitlyn Davis<br />

MAUREEN NOLAN-CAHILL<br />

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Melissa Michelle Woodgate<br />

CYNTHIA NORTHROP<br />

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Theresia Schnurr<br />

JOHN RUTHERFORD NOYES<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Elizabeth Anne Dattilo<br />

NURSING STUDENTS IN<br />

NEED SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Megan Eilers<br />

Julia Gluth<br />

Sara Hannon<br />

Elena James<br />

Austin Kolbeck<br />

Steffanie Reed<br />

Kelly Sawyer<br />

Christine Swift<br />

PATRICIA ANN OAKES<br />

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Robert Gumpert<br />

JOSEPH R. ODEN MEMORIAL<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Rebecca Gryder<br />

DON & JAN O’DOWD/<br />

STATEWIDE<br />

ADMINISTRATION<br />

ASSEMBLY SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Giannie V. Pagala<br />

DIANE OLSEN MEMORIAL<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Nicholas Morrill<br />

WILLIAM A. O’NEILL AND<br />

VIOLET R. LUNDELL O’NEILL<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Michael Golub<br />

Christine McCabe<br />

OSHER RE-ENTRY<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Justin Borgen<br />

Monica Chase<br />

Timothy Edsell<br />

Stanley Edwin<br />

Saleem El-Arami<br />

Robert Hannum<br />

Mary Jones-Lewis<br />

Tripti Macias<br />

Kathryn McDougall<br />

Kyoko Okano<br />

Cynthia Orie<br />

Shannon Pearce<br />

Nicole Torre<br />

Kaleb Yates<br />

Hitomi Marsh<br />

MAURICE P. OSWALD<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Isaiah Ditmer<br />

ALVIN G. OTT FISH &<br />

WILDLIFE SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Melissa Deiman<br />

Eric Keller<br />

KAREN AND LANCE<br />

PARRISH CROSS-COUNTRY<br />

SKIING AND RUNNING<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Julia Pierson<br />

For the Love <strong>of</strong> Music<br />

Mickey<br />

Belden Vocal<br />

Performance<br />

Scholarship<br />

Dr. George Belden, a music theory<br />

and composition pr<strong>of</strong>essor at UAA,<br />

established the Mickey Belden Vocal<br />

Performance Scholarship in honor <strong>of</strong> his late<br />

wife, Mickey Belden, and her passion for music.<br />

Mickey passed away in July.<br />

“It is the best remembrance to keep Mickey’s<br />

name alive,” Dr. Belden said. “She loved to sing.<br />

She was a great singer with a wonderful voice.”<br />

Mickey, known for her deep and rich contralto<br />

style, taught singing at UAA for many years.<br />

She instructed hundreds <strong>of</strong> students, many <strong>of</strong><br />

whom weren’t music majors. She loved to sing,<br />

and accompanied artists such as pianist Wendy<br />

Williamson over her 30 years at UAA.<br />

To George, it seemed fitting to kick-<strong>of</strong>f the<br />

fundraising effort for the scholarship by<br />

hosting a concert where most <strong>of</strong> the UAA music<br />

faculty performed. Since then he has given<br />

Mickey’s last <strong>Alaska</strong> Permanent Fund Dividend<br />

and helped to raise the scholarship to $9,000.<br />

He hopes to bring it up to $25,000 in the next<br />

four years.<br />

The first student to receive Mickey’s scholarship<br />

is singer, cellist and songwriter George Yang.<br />

Dr. Belden is eager to keep the award going<br />

and encourages others to support existing<br />

scholarships or create their own. “If we could<br />

have several ongoing scholarships in the<br />

department, that would go a long way toward<br />

raising the caliber <strong>of</strong> students we’re able to<br />

attract and keep here,” he said.<br />

UNIVERSITY OF OF ALASKA FOUNDATION FY10 FY10 ANNUAL REPORT 35 35

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