Linda Zimmerman Legacy
Scholarship Endowment

Linda Zimmerman serves as Executive Director of the Student Involvement and Leadership Center at Utah State University where she oversees USU’s student government (USUSA), the HURD, the USU Spirit Squad, Fraternity and Sorority Life, and other student organizations. She previously served for 23 years as the USU Spirit Squad coach and for six years as director of the Miss USU Pageant. In those capacities, Linda has influenced the lives of hundreds of USU students and is most known for her above and beyond work ethic. Her quiet service to USU students has always been done with a smile on her face. Her above and beyond legacy will live on at USU through this scholarship fund.

The income of the Endowment will be used to support Scholarships to support students involved in the Student Involvement and Leadership Center (“SILC”) co-curricular programs.  The scholarship shall pay for any cost of attendance. USU will select scholarship recipients according to the following criteria:

  1. Applicants shall be either undergraduate or graduate students. 
  2. Applicants shall be an enrolled student.
  3. Applicants shall have a financial need.
  4. Applicants shall be students enrolled on the Logan campus currently participating in SILC programs OR a current USU Student Association Statewide Officers.
  5. Applicants shall have a minimum 2.5 cumulative USU GPA.
  6. To be eligible, applicants must submit a recommendation from a current SILC staff advisor.  Recommendation requirements shall be outlined in the departmental scholarship operating procedures
  7. The amount of money available each year shall be awarded in amounts of no less than $1000, based on the highest need of qualified applicants. The minimum award amount may be adjusted over time to reflect changes in the overall cost of attendance and the discretion of the Executive Director of SILC in consultation with the Vice President of Student Affairs and the Student Affairs Financial Officer. 

Scholarships funded by the Endowment will be awarded in accordance with USU policy and procedure.

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Linda Zimmerman Legacy Scholarship Endowment

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Utah State University
Linda Zimmerman Legacy Scholarship Endowment
1590 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-1590

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Phone:
1-888-653-6246

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Contact Michael Bowen at 435-797-5719 or michael.bowen@usu.edu for instructions.

  • Your gift will be used only for the above-stated purpose if the required minimum endowment level of $25,000 is met by July 31, 20231.  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 Vice President of Student Affairs.
  • The Endowment will be invested under the direction of the University Public Treasurer. Oversight and advisement of investments will be provided by 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.