20 March 2010

Tickets are on sale now for the seventh annual Matthew Shepard Scholarship Awards Dinner, Friday, June 4, 2010, at 7:45 p.m. at the Hy-Vee Conference Center in West Des Moines (Reception begins at 5:30 PM, Dinner at 6:45 PM, Program at 7:45 PM).

Tickets are available at http://mssdinner.eychanerfoundation.org.

Spokesman Mike Pace will emcee the evening and members of the Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus will present a special musical performance.

The Matthew Shepard Scholarship is named in memory of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming college student brutally murdered ten years ago. He was kidnapped, savagely beaten and left to die tied to a fence, because he was gay. The Scholarship honors openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Iowa high school students who work to promote tolerance and non-discrimination in their schools and communities.

The Matthew Shepard Scholarship Awards Dinner is open to the press.

16 December 2009

Applications are now available for Iowa's 2010 Matthew Shepard Scholarship Program honoring openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Iowa high school seniors.

Gold Eagle Awards are valued at $35,000 over four years and pay full tuition, books and fees at one of Iowa's three state universities: Iowa State University, the University of Northern Iowa or the University of Iowa. Silver Eagle Awards are an initial award of $500 that ay grow to a value of $7,000 may be used at any college or university in the United States.

All scholarships are renewable annually for up to four years upon evidence of academic achievement and continued service to the LGBT Community.

To date, the Matthew Shepard Scholarship Program has committed over one million dollars in honoring one hundred and five Iowans from across the state.

Scholarships are presented in each student's high school awards assembly, and at a statewide awards dinner in Des Moines on June 4, 2010.

Iowa's Matthew Shepard Scholarship Program is named in the memory of Matthew Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming was brutally murdered ten years ago, because he was gay.

The Scholarship Program is underwritten and awarded by the Rich Eychaner Charitable Foundation.

Additional information about the scholarship program and application materials are available at www.eychanerfoundation.org. Tickets for the scholarship awards dinner go on sale March 1, 2010.

30 November 2009

Join us this Saturday evening as we celebrate with Iowa’s Matthew Shepard Scholars the conclusion of fall classes and the tenth anniversary of Iowa’s Matthew Shepard Scholarship Program in the tropical Des Moines Botanical Center! UNI Professor Dr. Nicholas Pace will talk about his new book, featuring Matthew Shepard Scholars, The Principal’s Challenge: Learning from Gay and Lesbian Students. Help us in continuing to ensure a positive environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender youth in Iowa! Suggested minimum donation $50 Giving Levels Host $250 Supporter $100 Individual $50 Make checks payable to Eychaner Foundation, PO Box 1797, Des Moines, Iowa 50305. The Rich Eychaner Charitable Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization. Your donation is tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

07 November 2009

Join us Saturday, December 5th at the Des Moines Botanical Center for Friends, Hors d'œuvres and Holiday Cheer at Winter Break!

Celebrate with Iowa’s Matthew Shepard Scholars the conclusion of fall classes and the tenth anniversary of Iowa’s Matthew Shepard Scholarship Program.

UNI Professor Dr. Nicholas Pace will talk about his new book, featuring Matthew Shepard Scholars, The Principal’s Challenge: Learning from Gay and Lesbian Students.

Help us in continuing to ensure a positive environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender youth in Iowa!