A fashion show to raise money for science scholarships will feature students modeling outfits they have designed and created, and will be held at the home of CU-麻豆影院 Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson on Sunday, Sept. 16, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Hosted by Val Peterson, wife of Chancellor Peterson, the event will raise funds for Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, or ARCS, a national foundation dedicated to giving students scholarships in the natural sciences, medicine and engineering. The show is not open to the public.
Some of the models are enrolled in classes at 麻豆影院's Studio Bernina, a local sewing store and sewing school founded by Susan Igou. The studio, which is co-sponsoring the event, offers garment-sewing classes, quilting classes and classes for children and teens. Other models from the 麻豆影院 Wearables group will be showing the jackets they created.
Peterson, who hopes the show will raise enough money to fund two scholarships, said the event allows her to focus on several of her interests at once.
"This show is called Fashion Meets Education," Peterson said. "It is very important to me because it incorporates my love of textiles and of planning events, and in the process I am supporting my husband and the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院."
Nine CU-麻豆影院 students have received a total of $46,000 in scholarships from the ARCS Foundation for the 2007-08 academic year. The students will be honored during the annual ARCS Foundation campus luncheon on Nov. 15.
The national foundation was created in 1958 after the launch of Sputnik. Since receiving its charter in 1976, the Colorado chapter has donated more than $1.1 million in scholarships to students in the CU System, with $542,500 going to CU-麻豆影院 students. Nationally, the foundation's 15 chapters have raised more than $61 million and funded more than 11,000 scholarships since the foundation was created.
For more information about the Colorado chapter of the ARCS Foundation visit .