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Chancellor’s Scholars named to campus honors program

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – One hundred forty-two freshmen and sophomores at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been designated Chancellor’s Scholars, chosen for their academic excellence and leadership potential, in the Campus Honors Program this fall.

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 over 7,000 on the Urbana campus. Up to 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.

CHANCELLOR’S SCHOLARS

Alpha – Matthew Welch

Antioch – Hannah Bohn, Neil Hughes, Samuel Smithson

Arlington Heights – Steven Donnewald, Mark Esquivel, Lindsay Perkins

Ashland – Parrish Smith

Aurora – Sofia Garfias-Yi, Nicholas Ruble

Barrington – Grace Kurcab

Bartlett – Melanie Berg

Belvidere – Megan Schibelka

Bensenville – Alec Wasowicz

Bloomington – Devin Akman

Blue Island – Frank Zuniga

Bonfield – Dylan McGregor

Brookfield – Cristina Menchaca

Buffalo Grove – Itamar Allali

Carbondale – Callahan Skiles

Carol Stream – Vaibhav Jariwala

Cary – Andrew Eberlein

Champaign – Tanisha Afnan, Vickie Chang, Diego Gundersen, Samuel Leroy, Victoria Wallace

Chicago – Haoxuan Li, Monika Liszka, Peter Marquez, Nora O’Brien

Clare – Casey Bunge

Clarendon Hills – Lucia Dunderman, Nikkhil Shiva

Darien – Cassandra Jensen

DeKalb – Mary Lavoie

Des Plaines – Akash Patel, Dhruv Patel

Edwardsville – Miriam Horsley, Michael Tornaritis

Elgin – James Stearns

Elmhurst – Andrew Miranti, Matthew Niewiara

Evanston – Channing Philbrick

Fairbury – Alex Brauman

Fairfield – Cody Simpson

Forsyth – Rachel Smith

Frankfort – Christos Kapsallis

Fulton – Krista Temple

Geneseo – Megan Roome

Gillespie – Samantha Elizondo

Glendale Heights – Sonam Kotadia

Grafton – Anna Williams

Grayslake – Brandon Murchison

Hampshire – Isaac Strain

Highland – Kevin Wang

Inverness – Patrick Pazerunas

Lake Barrington – Connor Kobida

Libertyville – Ingrid Reid

Lindenhurst – Annalisa Roncone

Long Grove – Christopher Yao

Macomb – Kellsi Edwards

Makanda – Anish Bhattacharya

Manito – Zoe Richter

Marissa – Julie Foertsch

McNabb – Loralee Wilson

Medinah – Matthew Posen

Minooka – Andrew Geldean

Mokena – Kevin Staniszewski

Morton – Isabella Jackson

Mount Prospect – Morgan Havel

Mundelein – Jennifer Cheng, Aakash Choubal, Walter Kasmer

Naperville – Kenneth Hoffman, Anna Hunt, Fanting Kung, Daniel Margulis, Omar Mehio, Saaya Nath, Abhishek Nigam, Velvizhi Rathinavelu, Hanway Wang, Erica Yu

Normal – Aashay Patel, Jessica Tung

O’Fallon – Molly Dumstorff

Oak Lawn – James Costin

Orland Park – Paige Kordas, Kelly Mack, Kevin O’Neall

Palatine – Robert Andrews, Lauren Brooks

Park Ridge – Elaina Frankos, Madeline Schulze, Pavel Tamas

Pecatonica – Elijah Karvelis

Pekin – Sean Zwicky

Pittsfield – Frazier Curless

Plainfield – Joseph Talbot

Prospect Heights – Lauren Solberg

Riverside – Laura Pellizzari

Rockford – Brandon Drager, Mark Schaer

Rolling Meadows – Marissa Bertrand

Savoy – Garret Waterstradt

Schaumburg – Divya Singh, Seung-Won Yeom

Shorewood – Jonathan Pickett, Laura Schultz

Skokie – Matthew Siegel

Smithton – Alexander Erwin

South Barrington – John Graft

Springfield – Bryan Hoffman, Alex Shen

Tinley Park – Eric Connelly

Towanda – Kathryn Hamblen

Urbana – Nathan Beauchamp, Brian Campbell-Deem, Lauren Gabra

Vernon Hills – Rachel Jacoby, Justin Song

Wadsworth – Greta Doden

Warrenville – Tara Chattoraj

Western Springs – Brendan Weibel

Wheaton – Jack Coutre, Margaret Richards

Wheeling – Hyun Bin Park

White Heath – Tristan Gurtler

Winfield – Sarah Ackenhusen

Wood Dale – Gordon Zak

Woodstock – Graham Ellinghausen

OUT OF STATE

ALABAMA – Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi (Montgomery)

FLORIDA – Albert Halbing (Merritt Island)

MINNESOTA – Alexander Layton (Edina)

MISSOURI – Samuel Stephens (Chesterfield)

NEW JERSEY – Somak Ghosh (Edison)

OHIO – Kevin Conley (Bellbrook)

VIRGINIA – Robert Kaufman (Manassas)

OUT OF COUNTRY

CHINA – Anqi Chen, Zhuoli Huang, Xing Zhao

INDIA – Anjana Krishnan (Palakkad, Kerala), Rajasi Rastogi (Vadodara, Gujarat)

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