April 27, 2005

SIUC English students win scholarships

by Paula Davenport

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Eight English majors will receive scholarships collectively worth $8,500 to continue their studies in the College of Liberal Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC will recognize the award winners at a ceremony on campus Friday, April 29.

A list of winners, alphabetically by hometown, their awards and respective cash values:

Carterville: Melinda S. Burton, winner of the William Lewis Farmer Memorial Scholarship, $1,500.

Carbondale: Christopher L. Stockdale, winner of the Thelma Louis Kellogg Scholarship, $1,000.

Ingleside: Christopher M. Wysocki, Thelma Louis Kellogg Scholarship, $1000; and Carl Lutes English Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, $500; and the English Major chosen by the College of Liberal Arts to receive the James Benzinger Memorial Scholarship, $500.

Springfield: Lisa A. Petrone, Thelma Louis Kellogg Scholarship, $1000.

Winnebago: Emily S. Schultz, Thelma Louis Kellogg Scholarship, $1000.

INDIANA

Evansville: Meghan R. Simpson, Thelma Louis Kellogg Scholarship, $1000.

Terre Haute: Jennifer E. Kirk: Thelma Louis Kellogg Scholarship, $1000.

MINNESOTA

Duluth: Cory M. Dack, Thelma Louis Kellogg Scholarship, $1000.

Recognizing excellence is one of the objectives of SIUC's long-range plan, Southern at 150: Building Excellence Through Commitment.