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Lugar Awards Scholarships to Outstanding Hoosier Students The Fund for Hoosier Excellence (FHE), established in 1983 by Senator Lugar, awarded ten scholarships to aid college-bound minority students across the state. FHE is a privately funded, non-profit organization that encourages outstanding minority students to excel in school and remain in Indiana as leaders. Each year, the FHE names 10 high school African-American, Native American or Hispanic seniors as Lugar Scholars. Eight $4,000 scholarships are awarded and two $20,000 scholarships are awarded - one each to a boy and a girl. Each recipient must study at an Indiana college or university.
2008 marks the 25th anniversary of the FHE, which has awarded more than $1.6 million in scholarships to minority Hoosiers. A nonpartisan selection committee evaluates the students based on academic and extracurricular achievement. Past Lugar Scholars have distinguished themselves in medicine, engineering, business, and academic life. “We began this program 25 years ago to conspicuously recognize outstanding minority students, and we have witnessed the successes of a generation of Lugar Scholars,” Senator Lugar said. “These outstanding students have been leaders in their high schools, and we hope they will continue to lead by example while attending Indiana’s colleges and universities.” The highest scholarships of $20,000 were awarded to Cathedral High School student Andrew Pimentel and Kristyn Rice of Michigan City High School. The following finalists received $4,000 scholarships: Ramsey Ayers, Bishop Chatard High School, Indianapolis; Dmitri Brown, Signature School, Evansville; Amanda Campos, Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso; Christopher Garcia, Bishop Dwenger High School, Fort Wayne; Bridget Lee, Terre Haute North Vigo High School, Terre Haute; Ivonne Romo, George Rogers Clark High School, Whiting; Elizabeth Uduehi, Francis Joseph Reitz High School, Evansville; Eric Weiner, Homestead High School, Fort Wayne. Reach Out and Read
“I’m excited about the distribution of the books, the quality of the books, the sense of imagination that they bring to children who really need the inspiration. If they continue to read at an early age, they become good students,” said Senator Lugar. “Reach Out and Read” trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age. |
On Monday, April 14, Senator Lugar read Goodnight Moon and other books to children at Riley Hospital as part of the “Reach Out and Read” program. Mrs. Lugar also read books including Is Your Mama a Llama? 