Introducing the 2015 Summer Scholars

We are proud to introduce the 2015 Summer Scholars! They are quite an impressive group.

81 Summer Scholars (The largest group to date.)
10th Cohort of Joyce Ivy Summer Scholars (Celebrating a milestone!)
They hail from all 7 Joyce Ivy states of Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. (This is the first time that we have had all seven states represented in one cohort.)
71 different high schools represented
55% have a GPA of 4.0 (or higher)
Of those who come from schools that rank:
96% rank in the top 10% of their class
51% rank first or second
48% self-identify as students of color
48% are receiving the highest level of need-based scholarship
26% will be first-generation in their family to attend a four-year college

They'll spend the summer at Barnard, Brown, Cornell, Emory, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Smith, Stanford, Wash U. St. Louis, and Yale.

3 students are jointly named Minds Matter Cleveland & Joyce Ivy Foundation Scholars.
3 students are jointly named Minds Matter Twin Cities & Joyce Ivy Foundation Scholars. (New partnership this year.)
4 Scholars are the 2015 recipients of the Frank Minolli Engineering and Science Award. (A record number; more details to share next week.)
1 Scholar has been selected as the 2015 Mary Vandewiele Award recipient. (More news coming next week.)
1 Scholar has been selected by alumnae to receive the Alumnae Supported Scholarship through a record-breaking level of fundraising by the Joyce Ivy alumnae's Pay It Forward campaign.

Congratulations, 2015 Summer Scholars! Read the full press release here.

Here is the list of 2015 Summer Scholars by state:

Michigan

Hannah Aronson-Paxton (International Academy)

Adela Baker (Ann Arbor Huron)

Anna Barr (East Lansing High School)

Faith Brown (Bath High School)

Alexis Cahil (Belding High School)

Swetha Duraiswamy (Plymouth High School)

Lauren Ehehalt (University Liggett School)

Sarah Gerendasy (Bloomfield Hills High School)

Francesca Giacona (Grosse Pointe North High School)

Tacy Greissinger (Saint Joseph High School)

Lucille Hu (Huron High School)

Sarah Karkoura (Saline High School)

Elizabeth Keebler (Churchill High School)

Azaria King (Battle Creek Central)

Lily Kitgawa (Portage Central High School)

Marie Lachance (East Grand Rapids High School)

Ashley Lane (Otsego High School)

Gabriella Lombardo (Caledonia High School)

Emmanuelle Maurer (Ypsilanti New Tech High School)

Briana Moore (University High School Academy)

Bria Moore (University High School Academy)

Nicole Muhleisen (Walled Lake Northern High School)

Rae Peterson (Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School)

Priya Pokorzynski (Alpena High School)

Kimberly Schmidt (Milan High School)

Abigail Solomon (Saint Joseph High School)

Katelyn Tayler (Monroe High School)

Ciara Timban (Troy High School)

Eamaan Turk (Portage Central High School)

Carolyn Wu (Northville High School)

Jenny Zhi (Troy High School)

Ohio

JaMeya Alexander (Dunbar Early College High School)

Maya Allen (Columbus School for Girls)

Aleena Brown (Laurel School)

Andrea Chambers (Walsh Jesuit High School)

Kelly Chian (Upper Arlington High School)

Mackenzie Cohen (Lancaster High School)

Mary Collins (Bishop Hartley High School)

Delaney Geitgey (Jonathan Alder High School)

Maria Gonzalez (Solon High School)

Veronica Gordon (Lakewood High School)

Natalie Guzman (Madeira High School)

Alexandrea Johnson (Cleveland School of the Arts)

Hannah Kaplan (Indian Hill High School)

Nicole Lehman (Hudson High School)

Alyssa Melendez (Homeschool)

Safiyo Mohamud (Columbus Alternative High School)

Devi Namboodiri (The Seven Hills School)

Annabelle Pan (Upper Arlington High School)

Allison Parshall (Jackson High School)

Emily Reeves (Padua Franciscan High School)

Morgan Schultz (Lutheran High School West)

Brette Stockmaster (Seneca East High School)

Sri Vidya Uppalapati (Beachwood High School)

Vanessa Wanyandeh (Thomas Worthington High School)

Abigail Waugh (Jackson High School)

Janice Whalin (Waterford High School)

Linden Wike (Cleveland Heights High School)

Lindsay Young (Tiffin Columbian High School)

Nebraska

Erin Burbach (Central High School)

Lucy Cordes (Omaha Central High School)

Brenda Esqueda (Omaha South High School)

Margarita Rodriguez (Omaha South High School)

Isabella Spaulding (Lincoln High School)

Kelsey Thomas (Omaha Central High School)

Shae Wolfe (Lutheran High Northeast)

Minnesota

Tatyana Block (Minneapolis College Prep)

Bushra Chebli (Minneapolis College Prep)

Sabrina Ford (Bloomington Kennedy High School)

Deborah Nyakaru (Champlin Park High School)

Isabel Olson (Great River High School)

Mina Yuan (Wayzata High School)

Missouri

Allison Foster (Francis Howell High School)

Abigail Hardin (Nixa High School)

Rose Ho (Parkway West High School)

Xuechun Yao (Clayton High School)

South Dakota

Sheila Cochrane (Brookings High School)

Rachel Cruse (Washington High School)

Jenny Jin (Brookings High School)

North Dakota

Tai Mosley (Red River High School)

Ashlyn Quintus (Red River High School)