It's the most exciting day of the JIF year!

Today, we are hosting nearly 300 students and parents from all over Michigan and Ohio at the second day of the Joyce Ivy College Admissions Symposium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Tonight, we welcome the 2014 Joyce Ivy Summer Scholars, their parents, and other valued members of the Joyce Ivy community at our celebration gala in Ypsilanti, Michigan. 

2014 Joyce Ivy Leader of the Year, Lisa A. Payne, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer at the Taubman Centers, Inc., will address the group. Ms. Payne is being honored by the Joyce Ivy Foundation for her inspiring combination of educational and professional success along with wonderful community support. More information on the 2014 Leader of the Year can be found here.

We have 80 Summer Scholars this year (our largest cohort ever!) from all over the Midwest—33 from both Michigan and Ohio, 5 from Minnesota, 3 from Missouri, and 1 from South Dakota.  This summer, these top students will be attending academic summer programs for 2- to 8-weeks at Joyce Ivy partner programs—Barnard, Brown, Cornell, Emory, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Smith, Stanford, Washington University, and Yale.  More information on our Summer Scholars is available here.

Within this new class of Summer Scholars, we are pleased to honor Maeve Hammond from Battle Creek, Michigan with the 2014 Mary VandewieleLeadership Award and Christina Li from Adlai Stevenson High School and Claire Washburn from Bishop Foley High School with the 2014 Frank Minolli Engineering and Science Awards.

Quick Facts on the 2014 Summer Scholars:

- Over 80% of 2014’s Summer Scholars are in the top 10% of their class

- 70% have a GPA over 4.0

- 45% self-identify as students of color

- 20% will be the first generation in their families to attend college

Where are the 2014 Summer Scholars from? See below!

Red dots represent applications to the Summer Scholars program

Green dots represent the 2014 Joyce Ivy Summer Scholars