78 Named Joyce Ivy Summer Scholars, Foundation Supports 1000th Scholar
ANN ARBOR, MI, April 4, 2022 – The Joyce Ivy Foundation today announced the names of seventy-eight young women selected to receive scholarships to participate in summer pre-college academic programs at the Foundation’s partner colleges and universities, including Barnard College, Brown University, Cornell University, Emory University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith College, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Chicago and Yale University. For the first time in two years, the Foundation expects the majority of Scholars to participate in on-campus programming. With this cohort of seventy-eight young women, the Foundation will award its 1000th scholarship, bringing the total number of Scholars supported since 2006 to 1,050.
The 2022 Summer Scholars come from all seven of the Midwestern states currently supported by the Foundation – Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota – and attend 55 different secondary schools.
The Summer Scholars Selection Committee was chaired by two Summer Scholar Alumnae: Allison Jegla, JIF ‘10 and Katharine Janes, JIF ‘12. The Committee included members of the Foundation’s senior leadership, as well as six additional Summer Scholar Alumnae who serve on the Board of Directors and Associate Board of Directors.
“It is exciting to see our Scholar alumnae playing such a significant role in selecting the next generation of Joyce Ivy Scholars,” said Brittany Knight, Executive Director. “Our Selection Committee was impressed with the talent, potential, and drive of this year’s applicant pool. We are proud to support this year’s cohort of young women as they seek out experiences and opportunities beyond their comfort zones.”
For Scholars who come from schools that calculate GPA or class rank, 68% reported a 4.0 GPA or higher and 11 rank first or second in their high school class. The 2022 Summer Scholars are representative of a variety of lived experiences and perspectives: 69% identify as women of color, including twenty-one Black Scholars, fourteen Asian Scholars, thirteen Latina Scholars, five Multiracial Scholars, and one Native Scholar. Nearly 40% are first generation to attend college and over half qualify for the highest level of need-based scholarship.
“It’s always incredible to see how young women from so many different walks of life can come together and connect around their shared roots and ambition,” said Aditi Adhikari, JIF ‘14 and member of the Associate Board of Directors. “This cohort is no different, with young women representing a huge variety of identities, hometowns, and interests. I’m excited to see how they’ll collaborate and lean on each other this summer and in the years to come.”
Two of the 2022 Summer Scholars will also be recipients of special named awards, including the Mary Vandewiele Leadership Award and the Joyce Ivy Alumnae Supported Scholarship. The Foundation will announce the 2022 award recipients next week.
A total of nine 2022 Scholars are participants in Minds Matter, a national organization that provides lower-income students with multi-year college preparatory mentoring and support. The Joyce Ivy Foundation, Minds Matter Cleveland, Minds Matter Detroit and Minds Matter Twin Cities will jointly fund the scholarships for the Minds Matter Scholars, in collaboration with the summer program partners. In addition, one 2022 Scholar is a student at the University Prep Charter Network in Detroit. Through a joint partnership, the Joyce Ivy Foundation and UPrep Schools will fund the scholarship for the University Prep Scholar.
The Foundation will also be supporting five Scholars who were selected in 2021 and elected to defer participation to 2022, bringing the total number of supported Scholars to eighty-three.
The 2022 Summer Scholars will be honored during the annual Summer Scholars Gala on Saturday, May 14, at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit, Michigan. The Gala will feature an address by the 2022 Joyce Ivy Foundation Leader of the Year, Lisa Corless, CEO of AF Group. The Foundation will also honor five Woman of Impact award recipients: Echo Brown, Kimberly Dowdell, Christina Koch, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, and Monique Lamoureux-Morando. Ticket sales and sponsorship for the Gala can be found here.
The 2022 Summer Scholars
Michigan
Teya Adham, Wayne Memorial High School
Dyuthi Aryasomayajula, Washtenaw International High School
Emily Buison, Wayne Memorial High School
Kyshawn Carr, Wayne Memorial High School
Bushra Chowdhury, Hamtramck High School
Kimberly Cortes, Pontiac High School
Lily Dixon, Marquette Senior High School
Jillian Essig, Notre Dame Preparatory
Erica Hayes, University Liggett School
Corinne Jordan, Cranbrook Kingswood
Katie Tait, Fowlerville High School
Anum Khan, Washtenaw International High School
Sumaya Khatun, Hamtramck High School
Ridhima Kodali, Huron High School
Emily Lemus, Wayne Memorial High School
Jenny Liao, Washtenaw International High School
Shelly Lin, Walled Lake Western High School
Madeleine Wood, Marquette Senior High School
Elodie Malherbe, Marquette Senior High School
Bailey Mingus, Wylie E Groves High School
Desirai Mitchell, University Liggett School
Raiven Mitchell, University Liggett School
Yazmin Munoz-Mejia, Wayne Memorial High School
Kanij Nessa, Hamtramck High School
Lilyana Raishouni, Divine Child High School
Se’Cora Simmons, Pontiac High School
Perrion Summers, University Preparatory Academy
Vaishnavi Tummala, Washtenaw International High School
Shani Van Heerde, Washtenaw Technical Middle College
Zainab Zaidan, Crestwood High School
Ohio
Azariah Cuff, Walnut Hills High School
Kathryn Amend, Saint Ursula Academy
Cierra Banks, John Hay Cleveland School of Science and Medicine
Sydney Abigail Borges, Walsh Jesuit High School
Lakayla Caffey, Bard High School Early College
Allison Calkins, Walnut Hills High School
Viviana Elin, Hathaway Brown School
Isabella Green, Hawken School
Jaida Hadley, Cleveland Metropolitan Remote High School
Selina Hokello, Laurel School
Khamaree Howard, Garfield Heights High School
Tanya Kotyk, Lake High School
Prisha Kumar, Walnut Hills High School
Cielo Lopez, James Ford Rhodes High School
Natalie Malone, Jackson High School
Amira McDuffie, Cleveland Early College High School
Chidimma Obi, Hawken School
Kendal Osborne, Jackson High School
Mahi Patel, Batavia High School
Amara Perez, Perrysburg High School
Addison Schaad, Waterford High School
Ella Vanelli, Grand Valley High School
Jade Winters, Jackson High School
Joanie Wood, Crestview High School
Kaylee Wray, Fairfield High School
Rumeysa Yilmaz, Solon High School
Nebraska
Alyssa Betancourt, Omaha South High Magnet School
Lucia Marvin-DeBuse, Burke High School
Yoleth Montenegro, Omaha South High School
Valeria Ronquillo, Omaha South High School
Savannah Sipp, Omaha Central High School
Julissa Valencia-Chavez, Omaha South High School
Carmen Wilhelm, Omaha South High School
Missouri
Nico Carlson, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
Anna Carpenter, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Penelope Chen, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School
Sally Njenga, Hazelwood West High School
Samantha Zhang, Lafayette High School
Minnesota
Meron Abebe, Two Rivers High School
Elizabeth Alene, Highland Park Senior High School
Rachel Fils-Aime, Atwater Cosmos Grove City School
Maryeva Gonzalez, St Paul Academy and Summit School
Triana Mendoza, Eden Prairie High School
Nafnati Mohammed, Centennial High School
Darartu Musse, Harding High School
North Dakota
Annelise Klein, Century High School
Abbigail Kramer, South High School
South Dakota
Grace Davis, Brookings High School
About The Joyce Ivy Foundation
The Joyce Ivy Foundation seeks to provide exposure, encouragement, and financial assistance to young women who have the academic, intellectual, and leadership potential to attend the nation’s most selective institutions of higher education. Funding for the Joyce Ivy Foundation is provided by individuals, other foundations, and corporations. Since its founding in 2006, the Foundation has named 1,050 students from Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota as Joyce Ivy Scholars, providing scholarships for them to attend summer educational programs at partner college summer programs, and providing or leveraging $5.5 million in scholarship funding. For more information, please visit www.joyceivyfoundation.org or contact the Joyce Ivy Foundation at info@joyceivyfoundation.org or (734) 661-0229.
