IU East Gift to Create Scholarship
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe chancellor of Indiana University East and her husband have established an endowed scholarship in honor of their parents. Chancellor Kathryn Cruz-Uribe and Eugene Cruz-Uribe, a professor of history at IU East, have gifted $100,000 for the scholarship, which will be matched by IU.
The university says the scholarship will be named in honor of the donors’ parents, Gloria and Joseph Allwarden and Lillian and Antonio Cruz-Uribe. IU East Board of Advisors Chair Angie Dickman says the gift will support students for years to come.
"This gift shows one thing that the Cruz-Uribes do best – lead by example," said Dickman. "Their gift sets the example for our entire community that higher education is valuable and worth investment with our time and treasure. The Cruz-Uribes are doing their part to allow future leaders to achieve their dreams, and we all thank them for their generosity and vision."
The amount donated will be matched through IU’s matching gift program established by IU President Michael McRobbie, which matches endowed scholarship gifts of $25,000 or more given by current or former IU faculty and staff.
This is not the first gift given to the university by the couple. In August, the Cruz-Uribes donated $50,000 in support of the Student Events and Activities Center on the Richmond campus. In recognition of the couple’s generosity, the university will name a classroom inside Springwood Hall in their honor.