Dean Doreen C. Harper and BOV Chair Bobby Luckie
The Board of Visitors (BOV) has just completed a 2013 initiative to raise funds to endow a scholarship in doctoral education at the UAB School of Nursing. Billed as “Another Round of Applause,” this was the BOV’s 18th fundraiser to support the UAB School of Nursing. This marked the third consecutive year the BOV’s fundraising has had an Applause theme. The first two Applause-themed initiatives featured an event, an evening of performance-based entertainment. This year’s successful effort, which netted $107,325 – the most ever netted by a BOV fundraiser – did not feature an event. Instead, the 2013 approach focused on contributions from BOV members and their contacts, combined with the BOV spreading information to better inform the community about the benefits of UAB doctoral nursing education. (An example of such information is in this publication, through Page 7.) BOV Chair Robert E. “Bobby” Luckie III said BOV members can take pride in the school as it creates the Board of Visitors Endowed Scholarship in Doctoral Nursing. “The UAB School of
During its 21-year history the BOV has generated millions in scholarship dollars to attract the best and brightest students and faculty from around the country.
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