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Chancellor’s Scholars named to Campus Honors Program

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — One hundred thirty-one 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.

University of Illinois Chancellor’s Scholars

Illinois:

Aledo – Austin Lindell

Arlington Heights – Jacob Rosenberg

Aurora – Armando Sanchez-Monsivais, Megan Voris

Batavia – Lucas McDonald

Belvidere – Zachary Hoegberg

Bloomington – John Diffor, Samantha Shaffer

Buffalo Grove – Allen Guo, Matthew Rice, Blandon Su, Vivek Vermani

Canton – Kerri Elson

Carbondale – Grace Rigney

Carol Stream – Kundan Joshi

Champaign – Connor Aubry, Andrew Johnson, Philip Kocheril, Sarah Lee, Joaquin Malik, Lyle Regenwetter, Robert Stavins

Channahon – Madison Kaufman

Chester – Elizabeth Heffernan

Chicago – Rajan Aggarwal, Meral Aycicek, Leonardo Pellegrini, Claudia Sova

Crystal Lake – Jacob Anderson, Kushagra Gupta

Darien – Aidan Kelly, Alan Yang

Decatur – Connor Reardon

DeKalb – Robert Mitchell

Dixon – Michael Gale

Downers Grove – Melissa Bayer, Zachary Scheffel, Hannah Thompson

Dunlap – Santosh Sudhakar

Edwardsville – Alp Aktuna, Celeste Bremley

Effingham – Drake Hill, Catherine Thoele

Elk Grove Village – Haricharan Cheruvu, Nikhil Modak

Elmhurst – Erica Hackett

Galesburg – Jensen Rehn

Glenview – Nicholas Kasner

Highland – Broderick Portell

Hillside – Lucas Trojanowski

Hinsdale – Lauren Excell

Hoffman Estates – Varshini Ramanathan

Jacksonville – Gabrielle Walker

Justice – Claudia Dudzik, Marissa Yanez

Kankakee – James Pentuic

Lake Forest – Emily Condic

Lake in the Hills – Mukhil Murugasamy

Lakemoor – Connor Latham

Lemont – Spenser Bailey

Libertyville – Hannah Manetsch, Jacklyn Ovassapian, David Stone, Daniel Zou

Lisle – Melanie Rohla

Long Grove – Jessica Rath

Maroa – Britta Braden

Mason City – Emily Martin

Matteson – Alisha Weatherspoon

Metamora – Colin Flavin

Monticello – Katherine Douglas

Morton – Tanner Corum, Jacey Schick

Naperville – Raajesh Arunachalam, Alexander Bryk, Deborah Chang, Anvita Hariharan, Paul Rosa, Girija Vaidya

New Lenox – Dario Panici

Noble – Holly Stallard

North Aurora – Erin Tevonian

Oak Forest – Kelsey Golk

Oregon – Paul Reckamp

Oswego – Evan Armstrong

Palatine – Kellie Halloran, Abigail Iuorio, Bryan Lu, Vibha Pandurangi, Anusha Thotakura

Palos Park – Julia Brodecki

Park Forest – Christian Williams

Park Ridge – Zachary Fishman

Peoria – Thomas Driscoll, Franklin Ye

Port Barrington – Jake Ribich

Red Bud – Olivia Bievenue

Ringwood – Drew Johnson

Riverside – Lukas Kulbis

Rockford – Douglas Chan, Chen Lin, Madeline Smith, Elena Wilson

Rolling Meadows – Natalie Pfister

St. Charles – John Born

Schaumburg – Aditya Shedge

Sesser – Zachary Mabry

Smithton – Christiana Gray

Somonauk – Jenna Baker

South Barrington – Justin Tiao

South Beloit – Michael Jacobs

Springfield – Anna Benoit

Sycamore – Jennifer Kuo

Tinley Park – Michael Brueggemann, Carly Marchal

Urbana – Catherine Seebauer

Vernon Hills – Keyu Guo, Elena Ochoa

Warrenville – Brooke Polak

Washington – Lily Holmes

West Chicago – Yudesh Basavaraj

Winchester – Michelle Brown, Noah Sellars

Yorkville – Katherine Hacker

California:

La Crescenta – Kathryn Sandoval

Connecticut:

South Glastonbury – Ziv Kaputa

Indiana:

Carmel – Katherine Bruns

Iowa:

Iowa City – Joel Tansey

China:

Shanghai – Zongyi Wang

Malaysia:

Kelana Jaya, Selangor – Jing Kai Goh

South Korea:

Seoul – Ga Eun Lee

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