The Howard Payne University Woman’s Club will host its annual Yellow Rose Scholarship Luncheon next Thursday, April 14. The ticketed luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Bullion Suites of HPU’s Mabee University Center.

The guest speaker for this year’s luncheon is HPU alumna Donna Clark Love, an internationally recognized expert, trainer and motivational speaker in the areas of bully prevention, family systems and student assistance.

Clark Love has served as a teacher and school district administrator and is a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, a certified trainer for Stephen Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” and a certified mediator/conflict resolution trainer. She has been featured on NBC’s Today show and NBC Nightly News to highlight successful prevention/intervention programs and has been interviewed by Forbes magazine on bully prevention.

During the luncheon, the Woman’s Club will announce the recipient of the Yellow Rose Scholarship for the 2016-2017 academic year as well as honor one of the guests with the prestigious 2016 Yellow Rose Award.

A limited number of luncheon tickets are still available. For more information about the HPU Woman’s Club or the Yellow Rose Scholarship Luncheon, visit www.hputx.edu/womansclub, e-mail [email protected] or call (325) 649-8305.

Sponsors for the event include Sally Porter (Gold Sponsor), Big Country Ford (Gold Sponsor), Painter & Johnson Financial, Diana Ellis, Ann Towery, J’Net Pattillo, Brownwood Regional Medical Center, Deborah Cartwright, Margaret Blackburn, Citizens National Bank, Prosperity Bank, Creative Image Laser Solutions, Early Blooms & Things, ’Nspired Nail Salon and Sharp Concrete Designs.