Meeting a Campaign Priority: New Scholarship Awards
When At Home & In the World—The Campaign for Arcadia University was launched during Fall 2007, there were only 30 named and endowed
scholarships available to students. Today, with generous support to the Campaign, the number of endowed scholarships has doubled.
Despite this success, the Campaign continues to raise much-needed funds as scholarship support translates into a life-changing opportunity
for each student.
Jane and Leonard Korman Family Endowed Scholarship
Rebecca Sica ’13 (center), a Fine Arts major, was honored by the Jane and Leonard
Korman Family Endowed Scholarship, presented by past President Jerry Greiner (left)
and Robert Mauro (right), Professor and Chair of Art and Design, at the 2010 Annual
Scholarship Luncheon. Sica is planning to travel and study art in Florence, Italy, and
Glasgow, Scotland, through Arcadia’s College of Global Studies. The scholarship was
established by Leonard and Jane Korman ’77 and the Korman family. Jane Korman
graduated with a degree in fine arts and is a juror for numerous craft shows, a member of
the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Modern and Contemporary Art Committee, and cofounder
of the former Swan Gallery of Philadelphia. The Kormans are avid art collectors
and met Sica on campus in December.
Marian Sonntag McDougal ’44 Endowed Scholarship
Chavon Campbell ’14 (center) was honored with the Marian Sonntag McDougal ’44
Endowed Scholarship presented by Maureen Solterer (left) and Karl Solterer (right)
at the 2010 Scholarship Luncheon. Campbell comes to Arcadia from the Classical
Magnet School in Hartford, Conn. Campbell was Class Senator at his high school and
a member of the National Honor Society. He also played high school tennis, basketball
and soccer. Marian Sonntag McDougal ’44 generously remembered Arcadia with a gift
from her estate to establish the scholarship award. McDougal earned a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Administration and, after graduating, went on to a 43-year
teaching career. She “took great pride in her career as a teacher,” says her sister-in-law,
Mary P. McDougal whose daughter, Maureen Solterer, attended Arcadia’s 2010 Scholarship
Luncheon. Solterer has commented that, “Marian credited her outlook on life to
her college experience, enjoyed her time at Arcadia and wanted to give back to what was
important to her.”
Cook Family Endowed Scholarship
The first recipient of the Cook Family Endowed Scholarship Award is Colleen Clarke
’09, ’11M (second from right), who is honored by (left to right) Kathleen Valverde, M.S.,
C.G.C., Assistant Professor and Director Genetic Counseling, Rebecca Craik, PT, Ph.D.,
FAPTA, Professor and Chair of Physical Therapy, and Mary Ann Cook ’70. Clarke earned
a Bachelor of Arts in Biology at Arcadia and now is earning a master’s degree in Genetic
Counseling. The scholarship, which is for a student pursuing a graduate degree in a
medical health discipline, was established by Mary Ann Cook ’70, and members of her
family, in memory of Mary Ann’s sister, Sandra Cook Labaree ’68.
Walter Hellendall ’77 Scholarship
Susan Laverty ’12 (second from right) is the first recipient of the Walter Hellendall ’77
Scholarship presented by Mrs. Gretel Hellendall (left), past President Jerry Greiner (second
from left) and Kenneth Hellendall (right). The scholarship honors the memory of
Walter Hellendall ’77, ’07H whose longstanding desire was to help young people to obtain a
good education. Hellendall graduated from Arcadia at the age of 66 with a degree in Political
Science. He also was a University Trustee and received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
from Arcadia in 2007. Laverty was the featured student speaker at the 2010 Scholarship
Luncheon and met the Hellendall family for the first time at the event.
