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Chancellor’s Scholars named to Campus Honors Program

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

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.

University of Illinois Chancellor’s Scholars

Illinois:

Addison – Ryan Cabildo

Arlington Heights – Elisabeth Jaszka, Alexander Morain

Athens – Tyler Penrod

Aurora – Rohin Bhasin, Olivia Coleman, Arpan Laha, Robert Lou, Shreyas Mohan

Barrington – Hamilton Silberg

Bloomington – Natalie Bready, Annabelle Shaffer, Christina Su, Ryan Watkins, Travis Zook

Bradley – Nicholas Blanchette

Buffalo Grove – Ethan Krawitz, Katherine Zingerman

Byron – Rhea Bridgeland

Carbondale – Grace Oberg, Carson Wang

Carmi – Chance Hamblin

Carpentersville – Shelley Seong

Cary – Taylor Falconer, Alexander Rogers

Champaign – Giulia Barbieri, Christopher Bauer, Minwoo Choi, Randy Janson, Matthew Reeder, Luie Siegel, Ethan Simmons

Charleston – Nissa Larson

Chicago – Nicholas Chen, Patrick Gallagher, Maeve Gilbert, Abigail Hack, Nicole Hasan, Benjamin Lipka, Kyra Sadovi, Jessica Salmi, Jerome Tkach, Yifan Zhao

Deerfield – Caroline Hsu

Des Plaines – Megan Kalinowski

Downers Grove – James Dourdourekas, Andrew Marszewski, Lydia Walsh-Rock

Dunlap – Peter Walker

Effingham – Trent Pearcy

El Paso – Kristina Roth

Elburn – Haley Penkala

Elgin – Benjamin David, Trennedy Kleczewski

Elmhurst – Robert Vitek

Evanston – Michael Faibishenko, Allison Neggers

Flat Rock – Jacob Fritchie

Frankfort – Julia Chillon

Geneva – Henry Feldhaus

Glen Ellyn – Stephen Bean, Emma Erickson

Glenview – Allison Wyland

Gridley – Sydney Butikofer

Gurnee – Giovanni Diaz, Eric Jung, Andrew Miller

Hebron – Jayson Wieczorek

Huntley – Palek Patel

Kankakee – Diane Wei

Kildeer – Chantal Vaca

Lindenhurst – Rahul Miriyala

Lisle – Elizabeth Barbeau, Benjamin Salzberg, Andrew Sima

Lombard – Alexandra Schneeberger

Long Grove – Kevin Acuna, Annie Wu

Macomb – Alastair Merrett

Mahomet – Iain Carpenter, Claire Penrose

Millstadt – Ethan Lamons

Morris – Ethan Frobish

Mossville – John Offutt

Mount Prospect – Sean Dulkoski

Mundelein – Anna Balla

Naperville – Lotanna Ezenekwe, Alice Gong, Federico Hernandez-Nater, Kieran Kaempen, Lynnette Lu, Pranjal Nandi, Maryrose O’Donnell, Rachel Rosa, Michael Rotter, Abishek Venkit

Nashville – Mackenzie Wells

New Lenox – Justin Yurkanin

Niles – Sebastian Sulewsk

Noble – Dylan Chen

Northbrook – Thomas Weller

O’Fallon – Joseph McCreary, Shree Patel

Oak Forest – Gabrielle Toreja

Oak Park – Regina Miller

Opdyke – Wyatt Marks

Ottawa – Tyler Angus

Park Ridge – Fionna Ek

Peoria – Jessica Beyer, David Qi

Rock Island – Zoe Replinger

Romeoville – Victoria Wisniewski

St. Charles – Grace Maloney

St. Joseph – Lauren Gherna

Schaumburg – Fernando Arias

Sidney – Andrew Ingram

Smithton – Alex Berowski

South Barrington – James Tiao

Sterling – Rachel Spencer

Sycamore – Katelyn Helmold

Tuscola – Lindsey Tschopp

Vernon Hills – Aparajitha Adiraju, Gary Braznichenko, Michael Kokkines

Washington – Devki Kasture

Westchester – Lukas Dumasius

Westmont – Sakina Burhani

Winfield – Lauren Clemens

Georgia:

Johnscreek – Paul Jeong

Kentucky:

Union – Victor Pastrana-Gomez

Minnesota:

Eagan – Benjamin Pankow

Golden Valley – Alayna Johnson

Missouri:

St. Louis – Leah Haynes

North Carolina:

Charlotte – David Krein

New York:

Scarsdale – Dohun Jeong

Wisconsin:

New Berlin – Leah Ziolkowski

China:

Beijing – Yingzhen Tian

Chengdu – Fengze Xie

India:

Saharanpur – Samarth Makhija

Nigeria:

Port Harcourt – Awele Uwagwu

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