In Memory of Emily Fisher

This endowed scholarship fund is named for Emily Fisher, an Aggie heavily involved with Women in Business and The Huntsman School of Business. Emily passed away due to injuries sustained from a car accident while on her way home to visit family in January of 2023. Emily was in her last semester at USU majoring in Business Management with an emphasis in Human Resources.

During her time at Utah State, Emily was involved in many clubs and organizations. In particular, she was a Business Ambassador for the Huntsman School of Business and Vice President of Women in Business. While being an active member of the Aggie community, Emily maintained a GPA of 3.74 and was on track to graduate in the Spring with Cum Laude. Emily made time to attend as many Aggie sporting events and on-campus activities as she could. She loved being an Aggie and the community surrounding the school.

When Emily wasn’t participating in school activities, you could find her exploring the many wonders of Cache Valley. Emily loved fishing, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, and had a love/hate relationship with running up and down the inclines of Logan. Emily made sure to live life to the fullest and visited Iceland, Italy, and many of the National Parks during her school breaks.

Emily grew up in many different states including New Mexico, Kansas, Arizona, Maryland, and Utah. She had an ability to adapt to new situations and create friends wherever she went. Emily’s smile and laugh always lit up a room and she made sure that the people around her felt loved. Emily was, and continues to be, an example and inspiration to all that knew her.

The Emily Fisher Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to honor the legacy of a dedicated Aggie and provide scholarships for deserving business students who demonstrate leadership, service, and a commitment to excellence — some of the qualities that Emily brought into the classroom, extracurriculars, and out to the community.

• Your gift will be used only for the above-stated purpose if the required minimum endowment level of $25,000 is met by December 31, 2029.  If not met, the gift will be considered expendable towards the stated purpose. 
• The Endowment will exist in perpetuity.  If circumstances arise that render the stated purpose of the Endowment (as set forth herein) illegal, impractical, impossible, or wasteful (e.g., a change in law, the elimination of a USU program, position, or course of study, the persistent unavailability of scholarship recipients that meet the criteria, etc.); then, as set forth in this Solicitation, under such circumstances and in keeping with Utah Code 51-8-501(1), USU may designate a new purpose and/or scholarship selection criteria for the Endowment.  Any such new purpose shall be defined by USU’s President and the Dean of the Jon M. Huntsman College of Business.
• The Endowment shall be deposited and invested by the Board of Trustees of USU, through the USU Investment Advisory Committee in accordance with USU’s investment policy.  The USU Foundation is the legal entity designated by USU to receive charitable gifts in support of its academic mission.
• Distributions from the Endowment shall be governed by USU’s Endowment Spending Policy. The spending policy calls for an annual distribution up to 5% (currently set at 4%) of the value of the endowment account to be expended per the gift agreement. An additional 1.5% of the endowment value shall be used to fund the administration of the endowment and USU advancement efforts.  All additional gains shall be retained as appreciation and invested along with the corpus to grow the value of the Endowment over time.
• By letter dated May 21, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service has declared the USU Foundation (federal tax identification number 87-0627128), to be a duly qualified charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) and also an organization described in sections 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code.  The Foundation is a duly chartered active Utah nonprofit corporation, under the provision of Utah Code, Title 16, Chapter 6a.