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SYCAMORE-- State Senator Brad Burzynski has announced winners of the
2010-2011
General Assembly Scholarship from the 35th Senate District.
Eight recipients will receive one-year tuition waivers from state
universities
starting this fall.
An independent, five-member Scholarship Committee selected the
recipients based
on a combination of the following criteria: academics, civic and
community
involvement, need and special circumstances.
"The Scholarship Committee always has an enormous task. Students from
throughout the district are encouraged to apply and this year we
received more
than 60 applications,” said Sen. Burzynski.
“The tremendous quality of the students who apply, coupled with
their achievements, reflects highly upon the parents, students, teachers
and
staff throughout the 35th District. I extend my heartiest
congratulations
and best wishes to these fine young students.”
Applications were received from students throughout Burzynski’s
district,
which includes all of Boone and DeKalb counties, and parts of LaSalle,
Ogle and
Winnebago counties.
Recipients of the 2010-11 General Assembly Scholarship through Sen.
Burzynski
are:
Kelly Boyce, of Poplar Grove, who
will attend Illinois State University to study kinesiology with the goal
of
working with a major sports team as a licensed athletic trainer. A 2010
graduate of North
Boone High
School, she is the daughter of Dalon
“Sam” Boyce, of Poplar Grove, and David Boyce.
Paige Diesner, South
Beloit, will study biology at the University of Illinois-Urbana
with the ultimate goal to become a pediatrician. Her parents are James
and
Susan of South Beloit, and she is a 2010 graduate of Hononegah Community
High School.
Nathan Gibbons, Rockford, is attending
the U of I-Urbana to
study agricultural and biological engineering. He hopes to enter the
field of
alternative energy and energy conservation or to work at NASA developing
biological systems to provide food sources to astronauts while in space.
He is
the son of Richard and Joyce Gibbons of Rockford. He graduated from
Auburn High School’s
Academic Gifted Academy
in 2009.
Tyler Hayes, Genoa,
will study pre-pharmacy and chemistry at Northern Illinois
University with plans to
continue his studies at UIC-Rockford in order to become a hospital
pharmacist.
A 2010 graduate of Genoa-Kingston High School, he is the son of Steven
and Laura Hayes
of Genoa.
Quinn Johnson, Rockford,
will attend Western
Illinois University
to study law enforcement and justice administration. He would like to
become a
detective or FBI agent. The son of Mark and Susan Johnson of Rockford,
he is a 2010 graduate of Rockford
Lutheran High
School.
Nathan Kenyon, Rockford,
is an NIU graduate with a degree in psychology, who is attending the U
of I
College of Medicine in Rockford.
His goal is to become a family physician in the DeKalb area. He is a
2003
graduate of Rockford
Lutheran High
School.
Elizabeth Peregrine, DeKalb, will
attend WIU to study music education to become a high school teacher. She
is the
daughter of Roy and Caroline Peregrine of DeKalb, and a 2010 graduate of
DeKalb High
School.
Anthony Salis, Clare, is a student at the
U of
I-Urbana studying statistics to become an actuary. A 2009 graduate of
Sycamore High School, his parents are Keith and
Emily Salis. |