What happens to debutantes once the presentation is over?
There are as many answers as there are honorees, but for eight alums of the 2005 Owl Club Ball, financing a college education became thousands of dollars easier thanks to grants awarded by the Owl Club of Denver Scholarship Fund Inc. Donations from foundations, corporations, club members, private citizens and the Owlettes raised $17,500 to be given to debs chosen on the basis of need and recommendations.
Imaan Potmis, a graduate of Highlands Ranch High School, attends Northwestern University in Chicago, where she is majoring in biomedical engineering and hopes to develop new treatments for children with cancer.
Recipient Abbryonne Lucas graduated from East High School, where she was an honor roll student, member of the National Honor Society, a math and science tutor, and cheerleader. She is premed at Baylor University, thanks to the Owls and a Founders Baylor Scholarship. She wants to be an obstetrician.
Theresa Daniel, who was student council vice president at Rangeview High School, is the first in her family to attend college. She’s at Denison University, double-majoring in biology and political science.
George Washington High alum Japera Walker is using her award to attend the University of Colorado as a biology and premed major. Her dream is to be a neurosurgeon.
Kendra Love graduated from East High School, where she was a junior rep for the Black Student Alliance and member of the National Honor Society. She is at the University of Houston and shooting for straight-A’s.
Tynesha Matthews was an advanced placement scholar at Smoky Hill High School and volunteered at the Medical Center of Aurora and for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in preparation for entering Xavier University as a biology major. She hopes for a career in obstetrics and gynecology.
Unique Cooper, who’d been an award-winning member of Overland High’s debate team, is majoring in political science at Howard University and hopes to become the first female African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Regan Byrd, who’d been captain of Mountain Vista High’s speech and debate teams, and represented her school at Girl’s State, enrolled at the University of Denver with a double major in sociology and poli sci. She’d like to be a district attorney or a federal judge.
A happenin’ place
Denver’s new Ellie Caulkins Opera House appears to be the locale that’s making so many autumn fundraisers truly special.
Caulkins herself was the host Friday night for a buffet reception put on by the St. John’s Cathedral Urban and Social Concerns Commission; it was a benefit for The Gathering Place, and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper was the speaker. Earlier, Historic Denver celebrated its 35th anniversary at The Ellie.
A gala marking the start of Colorado Ballet’s 45th season will take place there Saturday. Denise Sanderson is chairing the black-tie event that includes supper in the Chambers Grant Salon, and a performance of “Sleeping Beauty” and a dessert party with the stars.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jmdpost@aol.com.
