Webster University’s Annual Scholarship Dinner

Webster University’s Annual Scholarship Dinner,Tuesday, April 14, 2015, illustrated the depth and talent of the current students attending the university. Being awarded a scholarship is considered a distinctive honor, and this dinner manifests a prominent way to acknowledge the accomplishments of these students and the donors.

Guests heard from three grateful beneficiaries, Markus Trice, BA ’75, Trustee, who subsequently has established the Markus and Barbara Trice Endowed Scholarship and the Reta Madison Endowed Scholarship. Trice expressed gratitude for the opportunities his own college scholarship afforded and indicated even today, he considers himself more a beneficiary than a donor. Past scholar remarks came from Justin Blandford, BA ’99, History, an advisory board member of the College of Arts & Sciences. Monica Henson, current student in International Human Rights, The Webster 1970s Era Scholar/The Daniel C. Sullivan Memorial Scholar, talked about her own academic path and the way it has prepared her to make a difference in world hunger.

Scholarship recipients Alyssa Hegwood, Music, Vocals, TKT Memorial Endowed Jazz Scholar, Raphael Makarewiz, Jazz Performance, Violin,, TKT Memorial Endowed Jazz Scholar, Tim Monroe, Jazz Performance, Drums, Suzy Shepard Endowed Jazz Scholar, Matt Ingram, Jazz/Music Technology, Guitar, Suzy Shepard Endowed Jazz Scholar, Jake Heberlie, Jazz/Music Technology, Bass, Suzy Shepard Endowed Jazz Scholar, Andrew Guerney, Jazz/Music Technology, Bass, Donald O. Davis Endowed Scholarship  provided the cocktail music entertainment, conducted by Paul DeMartinis, Director of Jazz Studies. The evening concluded with the award-winning Webster University Forensic & Debate Team: Reader’s Theatre performance of So You Want to Start A Cult? Gina Jensen, Assistant Director, introduced the ensemble featuring Brian Coats, Theatre Studies, Brianna Jones, Speech Communications, MacLain Naumann, Undecided, Rachel Seevers, Undecided, and Kirby Webser, Speech Communications.

The school — founded on the principle of providing a higher education to those who might not possess the opportunity to obtain one — today operates as a private, nonprofit, accredited university offering undergraduate and graduate education.

The home campus is located in Webster Groves, MO, a picturesque suburb of St. Louis. The university truly has evolved since it was established in 1915 and currently includes more than 100 campus locations throughout the United States and across the globe. Webster University has created a unique educational environment, blending the conveniences of a small university with the opportunities of a large one.

Webster University, a worldwide institution, has a mission dedicated to ensuring high quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence. Students can choose from programs in the schools of business and technology, communications or education; or select majors in the colleges of fine arts or arts and sciences. They can study in the U.S., Austria, China, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Thailand, and Ghana. It all encompasses a part of the Webster experience.

Presently, in the midst of its centennial year celebration, Webster University reflects on its storied history and is counting on the the next 100 years to embrace a future filled with hope, unrealized potential, and global impact.