Published September 26, 2019
To assist University of Louisiana Monroe undergraduate students whose lives have been
affected by cancer, the Louisiana Cancer Foundation has created a $50,000 endowed
scholarship for cancer survivors, those undergoing treatment or with cancer in their
immediate family which has led to financial hardship.
PHOTO: The Louisiana Cancer Foundation established a $50,000 scholarship at ULM to assist
students who have experienced cancer themselves or in their immediate families. Participating
in a check presentation on Sept. 25, 2019, were, from left, College of Pharmacy Dean
Dr. H. Glenn Anderson, LCF Assistant Director Donna Jackson, LCF Executive Director
James Adams, ULM President Nick J. Bruno, past president of the Cancer Foundation
League Alise Oliver, LCF board members Nell Seegers and Aimee Kane, Executive Director
of ULM Advancement, Foundation and Alumni Relations Susan Chappell and College of
Pharmacy Associate Dean for Research Dr. Paul Sylvester. Emerald McIntyre/ULM Photo Services
The LCF presented a check to the ULM Foundation establishing The Louisiana Cancer
Foundation for Research and Education, LLC Endowed Scholarship on Wednesday, Sept.
25, 2019. Susan Chappell is Executive Director of ULM Advancement, Foundation and
Alumni Relations.
The LCF was represented by Executive Director James Adams, Assistant Director Donna
Jackson, board members Aimee Kane and Nell Seegers and past president of the Cancer
Foundation League Alise Oliver.
President Nick J. Bruno thanked the Louisiana Cancer Foundation for this “visionary”
scholarship. Bruno remarked that in less than two decades, the LCF has contributed
over $216,000 to research and education at the university.
“For more than 19 years, the Louisiana Cancer Foundation has supported Dr. Paul Sylvester
and the College of Pharmacy for research into breast cancer. The foundation has also
supported the Theresa Marsala Memorial Nursing Fund in the Kitty DeGree School of
Nursing,” Bruno said. “Thank you to the Louisiana Cancer Foundation, we appreciate
the partnership and the good that it does. We look forward to continued success and
progress in our research toward helping eliminate this dreaded disease.”
Sylvester, B.J. Robison/Pfizer Endowed Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Dean
for Research in the College of Pharmacy, said, “I want to take this opportunity to
thank James Adams and the board of directors of the Louisiana Cancer Foundation for
their continued and generous support of research at ULM. We’re here to celebrate another
generous contribution to establish this scholarship to help students who have been
impacted by cancer. I think this is a wonderful idea. It further demonstrates the
important contributions the Louisiana Cancer Foundation has made helping cancer patients
in our local community through service, care, education and research.”
Adams, who is also Executive Director of the Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute
and a ULM alumnus, gave a brief history of the foundation and its mission.
“The Louisiana Cancer Foundation for Research and Education was formed in 1999 as
a local 501 (c) (3) organization whose mission was threefold: to promote and fund
cancer research, to educate our community regarding healthy living choices and to
promote awareness of the annual tests needed for early cancer detection,” Adams said.
Adams said the foundation’s fundraising arm, the Cancer Foundation League, has assisted
those in northeast Louisiana with cancer or receiving treatment here by providing
more than $1.9 million through its patient assistance fund.
“Today we expand our mission of education into this endowed scholarship. This scholarship
will be given to assist a person who could be a cancer patient, a cancer survivor
or impacted in their immediate family which has caused a financial hardship that might
prevent them from attending college,” Adams said. “Our hope is this scholarship will
turn what could have been perceived as a devastating event into a blessing for some
unique individual here on the ULM campus.”
Annually, the LCF hosts four free cancer screenings in the community for: breast and
cervical cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer and colon/rectal cancer. It also funds
a mobile mammography unit to reach underserved areas in the region. For more information,
visit lacancerfoundation.org.
Applicants who meet the requirements will be recommended by the LCF Board of Directors
to the university scholarship committee for final selection. For information on applying
for ULM Foundation Scholarships, visit ulm.edu/scholarships/foundation.
