CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - One hundred and thirty-nine freshmen and sophomores at the University of Illinois have been designated Chancellor's Scholars in the Campus Honors Program this fall.
Chosen for their academic excellence and leadership potential, they include (EDITORS: See list).
The Campus Honors Program is a four-year general studies program open to undergraduates in any curriculum. It admits 125 freshmen each year, selected from about 7,000 on the Urbana campus. A few dozen additional students join the program at the beginning of the sophomore year.
Chancellor's Scholars participate in small-enrollment honors classes and seminars. Close student-faculty interaction is also 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.
2006 CHANCELLOR'S SCHOLARS
ALSIP - Stacey Gritz
ARCOLA - Kristine Klinger
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Tiffany Hinson, Laura Zahn
AURORA - Jared Marchiando
BATAVIA - Samuel Hofmeister
BAYLIS - Megan Moss
BLOOMINGTON - Tyler Cain, Brian Temple
BRADFORD - Jenna Holland
BUFFALO GROVE - Sarah Bauer
BURBANK - Matthew Alvin
CAMP POINT - Blake Bent
CARBONDALE - Jeremy Koch
CHAMPAIGN - Amy Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Lisa Mazzocco, Yuzuko Nakamura, Kimberly Redeker, Andrew Xie
CHICAGO - Rene Esparza, Jeffrey Lienemann, Joseph Matuch, Patrick McCarthy, Nicholas Mucia, Maxine Roman
COFFEEN - Alexandra Ginos
COLUMBIA - Allison Hanna
CRYSTAL LAKE - Matthew Duchek
DARIEN - Corissa Dionisio
DEERFIELD - Anna Kelner, Samantha Rice
DOWNERS GROVE - Katherine Murphy
DURAND - Rebecca Flores
EDWARDSVILLE - Richard Moy
ELGIN - Samantha Dwyer
ELK GROVE VILLAGE - Allison Dale
EL PASO - Jeremy Stoller
FAIRBURY - Reid Zehr
FORSYTH - Lindsey Castleman-Zia
FOX RIVER GROVE - Colleen Dodge
FRANKFORT - Andrew Mollo
FULTON - Matthew Appuhn, James Keiller
GLEN ELLYN - Gretchen Bromann, Christina Voltaggio
GLENVIEW - Tatyana Spektor
HANNA CITY - Molly Gass
HIGHLAND - Leah Dennison
HIGHLAND PARK - Bryce Bidwell, Britanny D'Arcy, Jack Holzman, Gail Schnitzer
HOMER GLEN - Sarah Erxleben
HOMEWOOD - Emily Hurtubise
INDIAN HEAD PARK - Melinda Porebski
JOLIET - Kaley Major, William Sniegowski
LACON - Christina Smith
LaGRANGE - Claire Pederson
LAKE FOREST - Cara Hyde-Basso
LEMONT - Jessica Kelliher
LIBERTYVILLE - Xichen Jiang
LISLE - Coreen Giesler
LOMBARD - David Luedtke, Deborah Schrader
LYNDON - David West
MACOMB - Nathaniel Burdick
MANHATTAN - Rebecca Storer
MANITO - Jennifer Dolaz
MORRIS - Cara Ader
MORTON - Fred Sollberger
MORTON GROVE - Alan Cherney
MUNDELEIN - Kathleen Guarna
NAPERVILLE - Kyla Bachtell, Sarah Dickson, Eleanor Good, Kathy Gu,
Yubo Jia, Minda Liu
NEW LENOX - Heather Hanks, Angela Ringwald
NORTHBROOK - Samantha Blum, Sayo Chaoka
OAK FOREST - Nicole Fortuna
O'FALLON - Ashley Keeler, Caroline Murdoch
OLNEY - Claire Joseph
ORLAND PARK - Jennifer Ginter, Cheryl Standaert
PALATINE - Alexander Beata
PALOS HEIGHTS - Sarah Haberkorn
PALOS HILLS - Natalie Skobel
PARK RIDGE - Lauren Allegretti, David Krone, Daniel Widing
PECATONICA - Katie Castree
PEORIA - Michael Gamage, Michele Heatwole, Andrew Smith
PRAIRIE VIEW - Johanna Gemperline
RED BUD - Mark Langrehr
ROCKFORD - Zachary Johnson, Helene Nguyen, Lodovico Oldani
ROCK ISLAND - Allison Dehnel
ROODHOUSE - Jared Evans
ROSELLE - Prabtej Chawla
ST. CHARLES - Michael Blasingame
SAVOY - Rachel Kaplan
SKOKIE - Walter Chae
SPRINGFIELD - Benjamin Dobbins
SWANSEA - Sara Fuhrhop
TAYLORVILLE - Anthony Mazzotti
TROY - Caitlin Carmichael
URBANA - David Burns, Emily Floess, Sandra Olsen, Janet Pauketat
VALMEYER - Travis Clayton
VERNON HILLS - Michael Marcinkowski, Sarah Romberg
WENONA - Kansas Pettit
WHEATON - Nathan Baird, Gina Francis, Julie Vroman
WOODRIDGE - Natalie Lorch
WOODSTOCK - Richard Boettcher
YORKVILLE - Jordan Axelson, Jake Metz
OUT-OF-STATE
CALIFORNIA, Cerritos - Maggie Liu
IOWA, Waterloo - Alice M. Foreman
KANSAS, Easton - Jacob T. Hendee
Overland Park - Jacob C. Metzger
KENTUCKY, Fort Thomas - Jared C. Schaber
MICHIGAN, Ludington - Joshua S. Rule
MISSOURI, Columbia - Benjamin A. Vega-Westhoff
OKLAHOMA, Stillwater - Sara N. Kohnke
OUT-OF-COUNTRY
REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Seoul - Soohyun Koo
SINGAPORE - Yi Sun