KUDOS, SARA WAICKOWSKI!

Here at the TCGC, we may get riled up about football season, but our core mission isn't finding great tickets to the Swamp (although, if you have them....). Each year, our Gator Club's Scholarship Committee painstakingly sorts through more than 50 (and growing) applications to determine awards. Each year we fund over $20,000 ($1,500 each) in scholarships to these deserving recipients.

Our primary reason for raising money through the TCGC is to afford outstanding area students the opportunity to further their education 'neath the Orange and Blue. We function as an arm of the Alumni Association and fundraise to award scholarships to these deserving students - hoping that their experience will open more doors and expand their horizons.

Clearly, it thrills us to the core to receive feedback from our winners: how much they love walking around Turlington, the excitement they have over finishing finals week with great marks, the love they have for November in the Swamp. We take incredible pride in the accomplishments of our local students and love to share in their journey - especially when they are lauded by the University itself.

We'd like to take a moment and congratulate scholarship recipient, Sara Waickowski, a College of Engineering student, who recently was invited to the prestigious Chi Epsilon National Honor Society of the Civil and Environmental Engineering. A rare invitation, reserved for students with the highest marks at the top of their class, Sarah has been offered initiation. We are more than proud of Sarah - a representative of our area doing big things at UF. Congratulations and best wishes for future success!!

For more information on our Scholarship Program, whether how to apply for a scholorship or how to fund your own, please visit www.tcgatorclub.com/scholarship.html.