Student wins IU Alumni Association Scholarship
IUPUC student Emilie Richart was named a 2010 recipient of the Charles and Jo Ann Linsmith Scholarship from the Indiana University Alumni Association.
The $2,000 scholarship was given to only four Indiana University students. It is open to the children and grandchildren of IUAA staff members, to student leaders of IUAA-sponsored organizations and to IUAA student employees. Selection is based on outstanding character, financial need and academic achievement.
The Linsmith Scholarship was established by Jo Ann Linsmith, BS'72, of Bradenton, Fla., who died in 2009. She and her husband, the late Charles Linsmith, MS'64, served IU as devoted alumni. Jo Ann helped found and served as president of the former IU Alumni Club of Sarasota and Manatee Counties (Fla.), which is now the Florida Suncoast Chapter of the IUAA. She served on the IUAA Executive Council and received the IUAA President's Award in 2000. Through the Linsmith Scholarships, she wished to recognize the service and devotion of the association's staff members and students.
Richart is a sophomore nursing major with a 3.75 grade point average. She is an assistant in the Office of Gift Development and Alumni Relations. She is also a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies.