Alumni scholarship recipients honored

Scholarships provide students many opportunities in college. They can offset costs associated with tuition, help with books, living expenses, travel, and more.

At IU Kokomo, we are fortunate to award two alumni scholarships to students each year; the IUKAA scholarship and the Kokomo Region Alumni scholarship. Both were generously created by alumni and donors to benefit students from any major at IU Kokomo. Since 2013, 54 students have been awarded one of these scholarships.

During the fall semester, alumni recognized four of the six recipients for the 2024 to 2025 academic year at the annual alumni scholarship reception. Current and former alumni board members, former scholarship recipients, faculty, and campus leadership came together to meet the recipients and hear more about their goals, the impact of receiving one of the alumni scholarships, and what it has been like to be a student at IU Kokomo.

The three recipients of the IUKAA scholarship are Bailey Harness, Allison O'Brien, and Natalie Cole. Harness is occupational therapy assistant major, and her mother, Charlotte Harness, is an IU Kokomo alumna, which makes Bailey a part of a legacy family. O'Brien is a biological and physical sciences major, and her mother, Andrea Foreman-O'Brien, is also an IU Kokomo alumna, which makes Allison a part of a legacy family as well. Cole is an MBA student, and her father, David, mother Jessica, and sister Katherine, are all IU alumni, making Natalie a member of a legacy family.

The three recipients of the Kokomo Region Alumni scholarships are Makayla Clark, Sonny Rosetto, and Justin Dyer. Clark is an occupational therapy assistant major, Rosetto is a biology major, and Dyer is an education major.

The financial support of these scholarships makes a massive impact on current and future IU Kokomo students.

Education is KEY at Indiana University Kokomo.