Biography:

For 10 years Rick Funk served as the advisor to the Dance Marathon Overall committee in his role as Coordinator of Greek Life. During that time period the overall total went from $297,000 to $1.3 million. In 1993 he served as President of the Association of Fraternity Advisors. After leaving PSU in 1996, Rick went to and has been at Alabama ever since. He started in the role of Associate Dean of Students and now is Senior Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions. He oversees all recruitment aspects and has developed a regional recruiting program that has grown to 25 full-time and 2 part-time individuals from New York to California that has resulted in record enrollment in both quality (test scores and GPA) and quantity. Some favorite memories of Dance Marathon include being at the first Marathon (1992) to top the million dollar mark, working with the first female Overall Chair and actually dancing (and surviving) 48 hours in 1997 as part of the first alumni couple.

Purpose:

The Award was established in 1996 and fully endowed in 2002 by the Dance Marathon Alumni Interest Group to honor a longtime Dance Marathon advisor for his ten years of leadership, commitment and service to Dance Marathon, and as an effort for THON Alums to support the exceptional undergraduate THON volunteers.

Eligibility:

Consideration for this award is given to all full-time undergraduate students of at least 6th semester standing who have participated in ANY capacity with Dance Marathon. The award seeks to recognize a student who has demonstrated commitment, loyalty, leadership and the ability to motivate other students involved in Dance Marathon. Current THON Overall Committee members are not eligible to apply for the award.

Previous Recipients:

• 1997 - Amy Cate Stacey
• 1998 - David Lys
• 1999 - **This year's records are missing. If you know the recipient please contact secretary@dmaig.org.
• 2000 - Jen Doebler
• 2001 - Kristen Schein
• 2002 - Courtney Brown
• 2003 - Jessica Mandel
• 2004 - Jeff Sirkin
• 2005 - Holly Hantz
• 2006 - Harry Saylor
• 2007 - Dianna Gallo
• 2008 - Abe Gitterman
• 2009 - Michael Audey
• 2010 - Kerry Lynn Deutsch
• 2011 - Dan Levy
• 2012 - Stephen Topper

How to Donate:

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Questions about the scholarship can be directed to rfscholarship@dmaig.org.