Texas Insurer Group Awards Scholarships to 15 Students

November 15, 2007

The Education Foundation of the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has awarded academic scholarships to 15 students at Baylor University, the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Austin, the insurer trade group announced.

The Baylor scholarship recipients are Ralph de la Garza, Ian Nelsen, Nathan Lloyd, Hannah Sprague and Justin Bannister. Dr. Allen Seward, chairman of the Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate at Baylor, said all of his ICT scholarship recipients were skilled, professional, motivated and personable.

The University of North Texas scholarship recipients are Lauren Sandlin, William Hamilton, Josh Crawford, Tiffany Craiker and Wes Edison. Dr. Brenda Wells, Associate Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at North Texas, said her scholarship recipients show an outstanding work ethic both in and outside the classroom.

The University of Texas at Austin scholarship recipients are Jing Ai, Justin Bryant, Michael Kujovic, Sijia Li, and Yinglu Deng. UT Austin Professor Pat Arnold said her scholarship recipients would be top of the line students in any field.

ICT’s Education Foundation was created this year to administer both academic and achievement awards that are now provided to seven Texas universities. The universities include Baylor, North Texas, UT Austin, UT San Antonio, UT Pan American, Huston Tillotson and Texas Southern.

Since the scholarship program began in 2002, ICT has awarded $155,000 in scholarships to 121 students studying insurance and risk management.

Source: Insurance Council of Texas, www.insurancecouncil.org

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