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A Sample Cover Letter To The University Of Iowa

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March 8th, 2024 Sarah Phan Tippie 21 Award 729, E Jefferson St Iowa City, IA, 52245. Dear Tippie 21 Selection Committee. “There is no heavier burden than an unfulfilled potential” -Charles Schulz. Welcome to the University of Iowa, a place where we’re all able to be whoever they want to be and become whoever we want to be. Hello, my name is Sarah Phan. I am a 4th year student studying marketing with an Art minor. An Iowan native, I come from a mixed cultured home of being Vietnamese American in a first generation and immigrant household. My classmates around me would describe me as a hard worker, kind, and selfless individual. Over the past four years, through the challenges, I have navigated and my passion for leadership, philanthropy, …show more content…

Culture is the glue that binds everyone together. The core of the student body is the need for feeling and belonging. Throughout my time here, I have consistently collaborated with other student organizations in cultivating connection and change. Since my freshman year, I have been involved with the University of Iowa Vietnamese Student Association (UIOWA VSA). Over the years I have held positions of marketing chair, president, and currently senior advisor. One proud accomplishment is planning and hosting our Annual Lunar New Year’s celebration at the University of Iowa Memorial Union. With attendance of over 600 individuals from the state of Iowa, we worked to raise over $4000 dollars to our philosophy in less than 6 months. A few other student organizations that I have been a part of are the Asian American Student Union and Organization for the Active Support of International Students. In addition to leadership within the University, I am actively involved in a nonprofit organization called the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of the Midwest 501(3). Over the past 3 years I have held roles as an Iowa State Representative, Hospitality Director for a flagship conference, and Family leader for a flagship …show more content…

Everything else is just information” - Albert Einstein. As a current scholar at the Marketing Institute, I have the privilege of leading and executing a professional trip to Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota. From this experience I have worked to connect students career interests to professional individuals. In addition, during my junior year I was a part of Hawkeye Hustle Student Origination Pitch Completion hosted by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. With my goal of leaving a mark on campus and solving problems around campus, my team and I placed and used the funds to create a positive impact on the community and strengthen our pitch

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