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Chancellor’s Scholars named to Campus Honors Program

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – One hundred twenty-one freshmen and sophomores at the University of Illinois have been designated Chancellor’s Scholars in the Campus Honors Program this fall.

Among the Chancellor’s Scholars, chosen for their academic excellence and leadership potential, are (EDITORS: See list.).

The Campus Honors Program is a four-year general studies program open to undergraduates in any curriculum. It admits up to 125 freshmen each year, selected from more than 7,000 on the Urbana campus. As many as 20 additional students join the program at the beginning of their sophomore year.

Chancellor’s Scholars participate in small-enrollment honors classes and seminars. Close student-faculty interaction also is fostered by a mentor system, a lecture series on topics of general interest, dress-rehearsal visits to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and international programming. Other benefits include summer research and travel grants.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHANCELLOR’S SCHOLARS

ANNA – Elizabeth Bell

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Adam Flanders, Jonathon Graven, Daniel Malsom, Gregory Ward

AURORA – Lauren Michels, Corey Sarcu

BARTLETT – Tonimarie Ebbole

BATAVIA – Jessica Simpson

BELLEVUE – Rebecca Emory

BELLWOOD – Edward Washington

BERWYN – Anthony Bruno

BLOOMINGDALE – Kelly Malinowski

BUFFALO GROVE – David Bruk, Amy Lundell

BURR RIDGE – William Busse

CAROL STREAM – Katerina Bolos, David Colburn

CHAMPAIGN – Tej Chajed

CHICAGO – (13) Joshua Ginsburg

CHICAGO – (23) Emma Guzman

CISSNA PARK – David Schmid

COLLINSVILLE – Sarah Klarich

COLUMBIA – Benjamin Riggins

CRYSTAL LAKE – Alexandra Knicker, Jeremy Morton

DARIEN – Chee Haw Chan

DEER PARK – Jenna Froehlich

DEERFIELD – Bradley Sturt

DES PLAINES – Sean Hansen

DUNLAP- Annie Wang

EDWARDSVILLE – Ugwem Eneyo

ELGIN – Andrea Vercelli

ELIZABETHTOWN – Andrew Murphy

ELMHURST – Christina Chiappetta, Michael Hutchinson

EVANSTON- Sylvia Niemira

FAIRBURY – Abby Popejoy

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – Erin Brooker, Erica Hinz

FREEPORT – Sarah Elliott

GENEVA – Robert Donahue

GIBSON CITY – Dillon Amburgey

GLEN ELLYN – Sonja Bromann, Rebecca Glaudell, Janice Yoshimura, Matthew Zettinger

GLENVIEW – Jose Regalbuto, Anastasia Sekalias

GREENVILLE – Bridget Grissom

GURNEE – Paige Davidson, Alexander Paul

HAMPSHIRE – Vivien Lasken

HIGHLAND PARK – Max Ellithorpe

HINSDALE – Caitlin Lopes

HOFFMAN ESTATES – Carolyn Buesing, John Kaczor

HOMER GLEN – Emrys Tennessen

IUKA – Kaleb Collier

JACKSONVILLE – Kelton Ingram

LA GRANGE – Marnie Georges

LA SALLE – Gabrielle Wroblewski

LEMONT – Lauren Dohse

LENA – Matthew Macomber

LISLE – Meghan Mandel

MACKINAW – Sarah Hovey

MAHOMET – Allison Gwinup

METAMORE – Gregory Coffman

MOLINE – Tucker Gritton, Suharsh Sivakumar

MOUNT PROSPECT – Charles Orozco

MUNDELEIN – Jonathon Ervin

NAPERVILLE – Zachary Cowden, Neel Lawande, Alexander Merkley, Alesia Prakapenka

NEWTON – Kaitlin Vahling

NORMAL – Adam Augspurger

NORTHBROOK – Michael Eichner

OAK LAWN – Scott Zacek

OAK PARK – Ann Cederoth

ORLAND PARK – Nicholas Sandoval, Matthew Szott

PALATINE – Jerry Zhou

PALOS HEIGHTS – Jesse Kearns

PARK RIDGE – Kathleen Hurley, Patricia Zavos

PAXTON – Thomas Pacey

PEORIA- Anna Johnson

PLAINFIELD – William Bruce

PLANO – Drake Hislop

POLO – Ross Wolf

ROCK ISLAND – Deborah Newcomb

ROCKFORD – Evan Jarzynski

ROLLING MEADOWS – Lara Sanoica

ROMEOVILLE – Kira Bonk

SAINT CHARLES – Nicole Coppola

SAVOY – Braden Anderson

SCHAUMBURG – Rohan Shah

SCHILLER PARK – Anna Galusza

SKOKIE – Sean Abraham, Catherine Topolinski

SPRINGFIELD – Julia LaBelle

SYCAMORE- Claire Mogren

TAYLORVILLE – Katherine Barton

URBANA – Mayank Kejriwal, Katarina Marjanovic

WASHINGTON – Karissa Nulty

WHEATON – Alexandra Gecas, Sarah Vorreiter

WILMETTE – Julia Weiss

WINFIELD – James Maskeri

WINNEBAGO – Aaron Mitchell

OUT OF STATE

ARKANSAS, Bentonville – Karan Batra

INDIANA, Brownsburg – Clara Mount

OHIO, Loveland – Claire Slupski

TEXAS, The Woodlands – Ryan Kent

WISCONSIN, Jackson – Marin Thompson

OUT OF COUNTRY

EL SALVADOR, San Salvador – Luis Reyes Rodriguez

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