Tickets Available for Freedom Scholarship Dinner
Tickets are now available for the annual Freedom Scholarship Dinner, the highlight of the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the University of Central Missouri. The Freedom Scholarship Dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in the Elliott Union Ballroom. The 2013 Freedom Scholarship Dinner will feature Douglas Wilder, former Governor of the state of Virginia. A racial milestone was achieved on January 13, 1990 when L. Douglas Wilder was elected the first African American governor in United States history. During Douglas Wilder’s first year as Governor of Virginia, he faced a projected tax shortfall of $1.4 billion in which he implemented a successful program for reduced spending. In 1992, Wilder was a candidate for the presidential nomination. The Freedom Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors from the Johnson County Missouri area, the Kansas City metro area and throughout the state of Missouri who plan to attend UCM, as well as current UCM students, enhancing the opportunities for all recipients to continue their college educations. The scholarships are funded through proceeds from tickets sales for the dinner. Individual tickets for the dinner may be purchased at the gold level for $100, the silver level for $75, or the bronze level for $50 by contacting the UCM Office of Community Engagement, Elliott Union 224, at 660-543-4156. Tables of eight for the dinner are also available for purchase at the gold, silver and bronze levels by contacting the same office. A portion of the ticket price is tax deductible. There are also corporate sponsorship opportunitie
For more information:
Contact Penny Lund at lund@ucmo.edu
