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University of Arizona Eller College of Management Launches the Chen-Chow Bear Down Scholarship


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Amid the pandemic in the fall of 2020, Hsinchun Chen, UA Regents’ Professor of MIS and Thomas R. Brown Chair in Management and Technology in the Eller College of Management, and his wife Hsiao-Hui (Sherry) Chow, research professor of medicine at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, AZ, established the Chen-Chow Bear Down Scholarship and awarded eight scholars.

Eller College of Management at University of Arizona.

“Sherry and I are thrilled to be involved in this exciting program,” says Chen. “Both of us came to Tucson as freshly minted PhDs and joined as faculty at Eller and the Health Science College more than 30 years ago. We have grown professionally at the University and have raised a family here with two beautiful children. We are honored to be able to contribute to the University, Eller, and the Arizona community through the Bear Down Scholars (BDS) Program at this stage of our careers. We look forward to interacting with the BDS students and faculty in the future.”

The goal of the scholarship is to engage underrepresented students from Native Nations in the Eller College’s Management Information Systems (MIS) department. Both Chen and Chow have worked with Native American students in health and technology at the University for many years and have a strong affinity for Native American culture and heritage. The Chen-Chow Bear Down Scholarship is part of the Bear Down Scholars Program that provides opportunities for scholarship recipients to engage in activities designed to help their success at Eller and to increase their understanding of what MIS is and what a job in MIS might look like.

The first cohort of students accepted in the fall of 2020, who will be integral to the establishment and success of the Bear Down Scholars Program, include Christopher Alonzo, Shane Ashley, Keishaun Aspaas, Jaisen Brown, Isaac Desjarlais, Joshua Lambert, Mikel Gene, and Cheyanna Shepherd. Students of Native American descent are encouraged to apply on Scholarship Universe, regardless of their current GPA. To learn more about Eller College of Management, visit www.eller.arizona.edu.

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