Posted 9:49 a.m. Friday, April 24, 2015
Students will receive scholarships and be recognized during the annual Student Scholarship and Awards Program Monday, April 27, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.
More than 550 students will get good financial news Monday night — they’ll find out they’re receiving scholarships.
The UW-La Crosse Foundation will award more than $525,000 when it announces recipients of more than 600 scholarships and awards to students returning for the 2015-16 academic year. The students will be recognized during the annual Student Scholarship and Awards Program Monday, April 27, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. A reception begins at 4 p.m., with the awards announced beginning at 5.
Two scholarships to be awarded for the first time include the Daron James Williams, M.D., Memorial Scholarship in Pre-Medical Studies and the Hong Rost Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Williams: Wanted scholarship for med students
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Daron Williams[/caption]
Daron Williams, ’06, researched prostate and breast cancer while becoming a doctor at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. But a year and a half after earning his medical degree in 2010, he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2011. He fought the disease until he died March 29, 2014.
Williams’ wife, Feifei, and his parents, Byron and Anita Williams, have established a scholarship for pre-medial students — one of Daron’s last wishes before he died.
“With much emotion he told us that more important to him than the memorial service was that we establish a scholarship fund in honor of him at UW-L for students pursuing a career in medicine,” says Anita Williams.
After graduating as one of UW-L’s Murphy Scholars, the top award for graduates, he excelled at Emory University School of Medicine and was accepted to the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of California, San Francisco. He was halfway through his residency when he was diagnosed with leukemia.
Williams’ parents plan to attend the event to meet the recipient of the endowed scholarship.
Rost: Welcomed international students
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Hong Rost[/caption]
She impacted people from around the world when they came to UW-L. Hong Rost, ’94, was assistant director of UW-L International Education from 1995-2010. She became director of UW-Stout’s International Education program in 2010, where she served until she died in a tragic auto accident June 19, 2014.
Her husband, Francis “Rusty” Rost, says Hong inspired hundreds of students when they came to La Crosse. “In big and small ways, she helped every international student during that time frame achieve their educational objectives,” notes Rost.
The Hong Rost International Scholarship Fund will be awarded to undergraduate or graduate international students enrolled full time. Rusty Rost plans to attend the event to meet the students who will receive the endowed scholarship.
Daron Williams[/caption]
Daron Williams, ’06, researched prostate and breast cancer while becoming a doctor at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. But a year and a half after earning his medical degree in 2010, he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2011. He fought the disease until he died March 29, 2014.
Williams’ wife, Feifei, and his parents, Byron and Anita Williams, have established a scholarship for pre-medial students — one of Daron’s last wishes before he died.
“With much emotion he told us that more important to him than the memorial service was that we establish a scholarship fund in honor of him at UW-L for students pursuing a career in medicine,” says Anita Williams.
After graduating as one of UW-L’s Murphy Scholars, the top award for graduates, he excelled at Emory University School of Medicine and was accepted to the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of California, San Francisco. He was halfway through his residency when he was diagnosed with leukemia.
Williams’ parents plan to attend the event to meet the recipient of the endowed scholarship.
Rost: Welcomed international students
[caption id="attachment_40622" align="alignleft" width="250"] Hong Rost[/caption]
She impacted people from around the world when they came to UW-L. Hong Rost, ’94, was assistant director of UW-L International Education from 1995-2010. She became director of UW-Stout’s International Education program in 2010, where she served until she died in a tragic auto accident June 19, 2014.
Her husband, Francis “Rusty” Rost, says Hong inspired hundreds of students when they came to La Crosse. “In big and small ways, she helped every international student during that time frame achieve their educational objectives,” notes Rost.
The Hong Rost International Scholarship Fund will be awarded to undergraduate or graduate international students enrolled full time. Rusty Rost plans to attend the event to meet the students who will receive the endowed scholarship.