Alumni Association
Recognizing the Founding Members of the Parker Alumni Association Endowment Fund.
These are some of the 100 Lifetime Members of the Parker Alumni Association.
Picture taken May 31, 2007 at the Parker Alumni 25th Anniversary Reception.
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Alumni Association News Archive
January 2008: Five Students Receive First-Ever Alumni Association Endowment Fund Scholarship
For Bret Wickstrom, Samuel Shay, Scott Phillips, Katerina Dickey and Homero Cavazos, this assembly was unforgettable. The five Parker College of Chiropractic students each received the Parker Alumni Association Endowment Fund Scholarship, a $1,000 scholarship given for the first time in school history at the Wednesday Assembly on January 30. Wickstrom, Shay, Phillips, Dickey and Cavazos received the scholarship due to their leadership skills and future ability help advance chiropractic.
Along with the scholarship recipients, lifetime members of the Parker Alumni Association lined the stage as each student was recognized for his/her achievements. These Lifetime Members had come to witness history in the making with the first beneficiaries of the scholarship which was made possible due to their donation. The scholarship is a testimony of the lifetime members’ commitment to give back to their alma mater through the Alumni Association Endowment Fund.
From its conception in 2002, the endowment fund has increased in size, allowing the alumni association for the first time to use the interest generated from the fund in awarding scholarships to the chiropractic leaders of tomorrow.
September 2007: Harris Announces New Alumni Association Endowment Fund Scholarship
Once the words left his mouth, the air filled with loud applause. A new scholarship at Parker College of Chiropractic had been proclaimed and members of the audience, mostly students, were displaying their excitement.
Dr. Dennis Harris, '88, president of the Parker Alumni Association, announced the creation of the alumni association endowment fund scholarship in front of an estimated 1,000 people during the September 26 Wednesday Assembly in the student activity center.
Beginning January 2008, Dr. Harris said the association will award the first $1,000 scholarship and will continue to award the scholarship every trimester in the future.
"The recipient of the alumni association endowment fund scholarship will be one who is a future leader in this profession - an individual who has become a leader as a student and plans to continue in a leadership role after graduation," Harris said Wednesday. "On behalf of the members of the Parker Alumni Association, it is an honor to serve you and we look forward to supporting you in any way possible."
Harris said in 2002 the alumni board of directors established the alumni association endowment fund, designed to grow in dollars and allow the flexibility for the board to use only the interest generated from the fund at their discretion. That time has come, in form of the new scholarship. "I'm happy to inform you this fund has exceeded its goal of $100,000," Harris said. "After five years we can begin using the interest generated from this fund to support the programs, projects and opportunities we feel will create a better Parker College." View full speech .gif "PDF")