Welcome Fellow Hawkeyes!

The Tampa Bay IOWA Club, chartered by the University of Iowa Alumni Association, promotes the interests of the University, its alumni and friends through our educational, social and athletic programs. All alumni, friends and students of the University of Iowa are invited into our membership and to join us at our many events and activities. Please visit the rest of the website to discover the many events and activities where you can meet fellow Iowans, network for business purposes and share memories.

Aside from the upcoming football season we have a number of events on the schedule we hope to see all of our members attend.  All future events can be found on the calendar - we hope to see you there!

A CHANCE TO MEET DAN GABLE.....

In April we will have our very first TBIC Scholarship Endowment Fund Dinner and we're kicking the inaugural event off with a very special guest....Dan Gable!  That's right, Dan Gable will be our guest speaker so don't miss your chance to meet the legend and an opportunity to hear his message.  Last minute reservations can be made by contacting Ed Peters: (727)641-5614 by phone or his email: epeters13@yahoo.com.  CLICK HERE to learn more details on the dinner and your chance to meet Dan Gable...we hope to see you there!

THANK YOU TBIC!

One of the purposes of our club is to provide a scholarship award to a local student interested in attending the University of Iowa....once again the TBIC and it's members and friends came through.  With your help and the help of the University of Iowa Alumni Association a very grateful local student received a University of Iowa Alumni Association IOWA Club scholarship award for the 2010 - 2011 academic year ($2000/TBIC + $1,000/UIAA match).  We received a thank you letter from her and in the letter she stated: "Awarding this scholarship to me allows me to better focus on my school work and not worry about paying for loan payments and other expenses at Iowa."  An excellent job by the TBIC and UIAA in helping her dream to graduate from the University of Iowa come true!

BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREAT!

We are very excited to announce that the Tampa Bay IOWA Club has established a scholarship endowment fund.  When fullly funded at $50,000, it will support one or more annual scholarships for students in the Tampa Bay area into perpetuity.  Selection shall be in accordance with standard requirements set forth by UI Office of Financial Aid (academic promise, financial need, etc.) and the UI Alumni Association, with the scholarship to be awarded at the onset of the spring semester.  Preference will be given to full-time students in this order: seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen.  The scholarship and awardees shall be published in a manner consistent with established procedures with the Alumni Association.  Until the endowment is fully funded, the TBIC will strive to award an annual scholarship, in an amount up to $1,000 using the same criteria outlined above.  We expect to raise additional funds through:

• Interest earned on existing assets
• Direct donations from members
• Matching funds from member employers
• Corporate donations
• Event/program profits

If you're interested in additional information please contact us at tampabayiowaclub@gmail.com and we will send you a donation brochure.

We have some basketball gamewatches and other scheduled events over the next couple of months.  Be sure to check out the calendar for all the details....we hope to see you there!