Office of Scholarships announces first director

IU announced Thursday that Sarah Booher will be the first director for the Office \nof Scholarships. \nBooher, who earned a B.S. in communication arts and sciences, sociology and anthropology from DePauw University, has a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs from IU. She has 10 years of experience in higher education at IU, including student \nrecruitment responsibilities.\nThe new office falls under the administrative area of enrollment management and will serve as information center for IU academic scholarship initiatives available to high-achieving high school students, according to an IU press release.\n“Now, more than ever, Indiana University is reaching out to talented students across our state and indicating that, based upon their strong academic background, scholarship dollars are available,” said Roger Thompson, IU vice provost for enrollment management, in a \npress release. \nWhile the Office of Scholarships will focus on all scholarship-eligible students, the goal is to get information about new scholarships to high school students in the state of Indiana. \n“In demonstrating IU’s commitment to the state, our major goal this year will be to spread the message to potential students in Indiana and their high school counselors,” she said in a press release. “We want them to know that higher education at IU is within reach, and that we will reward hard work and academic achievement. We intend to recruit the best and brightest students to IU, and scholarships are a major part of that effort.”\nThompson said in the press release that he hopes IU will become more appealing as more families learn more about the scholarship program.