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Scholarship announcements

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CAMBUS scholarship awarded to recipients for spring 2024

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

CAMBUS Scholarships have been awarded to five student employees for the spring 2024 semester.

A collage of all the CAMBUS scholarship winners for Fall 2023

CAMBUS scholarship awarded to recipients for fall 2023

Monday, July 24, 2023

CAMBUS Scholarships have been awarded to five student employees for the fall 2023 semester.

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A tribute to Doug Couto

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Couto (BBA72), who in recent years dedicated his philanthropy to establishing the CAMBUS Scholarship, died unexpectedly Thursday, June 22, 2023. Couto has made a lasting mark on the campus and CAMBUS is incredibly grateful for his generosity.

About the program

CAMBUS student employees with at least one year of service are eligible to apply for the academic scholarship. Recipients are selected by a committee based on their work record, contributions to the workplace, and short-form written answers about the impacts of CAMBUS as a service and as a student employment opportunity.

The CAMBUS scholarship program was established by Doug Couto, who graduated from UI Tippie College of Business in 1972, and is also a CAMBUS alum. While in the residence halls at Iowa, Couto and a few friends started a voluntary busing service from the west residence halls over to main campus. UI President Sandy Boyd heard of this project and officially funded it as a university program in 1972. After a student naming contest, the name “CAMBUS” was chosen for the system. Couto worked in transportation after graduating from Iowa and dedicated his philanthropy to establishing the CAMBUS Scholarship in 2021.