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College of Lake County, Grayslake
Promotion: The James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at CLC will highlight the 2015-16 Professional Touring Season with a series of midweek promotions. “Check Us Out in September!” events will include giveaways, touring season event videos and games. Classic Calls: Lake Forest Symphony; Sphinx Virtuosi will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 2 outside the Box Office in the Center rotunda lobby, 19351 W. Washington St. The subscription drive for the 13 entertainment events within the Center’s 19th Professional Touring Season ends Sept. 30. Details, 847-543-2300.
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.
Award: Adam Bissonnette, son of Jim and Rose Bissonnette of Buffalo Grove, was honored with the Walter Froehlich Memorial Award from MU’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences. He graduated in May, with a major in economics and minors in business administration and music. He received the award by attaining the highest grade point average.
San Diego State University, Calif.
Inductee: The new school year welcomed SDSU’s first group of Honors College inductees, including Jeremy Harris, a Vernon Hills native and SDSU student studying Undeclared. Weber Honors College provides an academic environment in which students experience a dynamic, interactive, and engaged education. Geoffrey Chase, dean of SDSU’s Division of Undergraduate Studies, has worked for years to create an honors college at the university. He says it will improve on the University Honors Program that has existed on campus for decades. The Honors College features a unique interdisciplinary curriculum made up of small, discussion-based seminars and innovative teaching techniques that promote active engagement in the subject area and prepare students for high-impact educational experiences beyond the classroom, including study abroad, research, leadership, service, and creative activity; and for future graduate work and successful careers regardless of their chosen field of study.
Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Scholar: Maya St. Clair of Mundelein, was named a George E. Mylonas Scholar in Humanities. St. Clair, one of five Mylonas Scholars selected this year, is a 2015 graduate of Mundelein High School. St. Clair will be a freshman at the university during the fall semester. The Mylonas scholarship is awarded to incoming students in the College of Arts & Sciences who plan to pursue an undergraduate major in either Arabic; art history and archaeology; Chinese; classics/ancient studies; comparative arts; comparative literature; dance; drama; English; film and media studies; French; German; modern Hebrew; history; interdisciplinary project in the humanities; literature and history; Italian; Japanese; Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern studies; music; philosophy; religious studies; Russian studies; or Spanish. The program offers full- and partial-tuition scholarships renewable for four years. Tuition for the 2015-16 academic year is $47,300. The award is named for George E. Mylonas, a former professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology in Arts & Sciences.
Scholar: Angelica Karim of Long Grove was named one of 44 Ervin Scholars selected this year and will enter as a freshman during the fall semester. The Ervin Scholars Program awards scholarships to incoming first-year students who demonstrate exceptional intellectual and leadership achievements, and who have shown a commitment to community service and bringing diverse people together. Scholars are actively involved in the Washington University community and continue the legacy of the late John B. Ervin on campus. Ervin, a nationally renowned black educator, scholar and author, was dean of the School of Continuing Education (now University College in Arts & Sciences) at WU from 1968 to 1977. The award is for full- and partial-tuition scholarships and is renewable for all four years of undergraduate study.
Scholar: Michael Kaushansky of Hawthorn Woods was named one of 24 Danforth Scholars selected this year. He is a 2015 graduate of Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Kaushansky will be a freshman during the fall semester. The Danforth Scholars Program recognizes incoming students who embrace high ideals and whose life choices are guided by personal integrity, selflessness, a commitment to community and a dedication to leadership and academic excellence. The program offers full- or partial-tuition scholarships renewable for four years. Tuition for the 2015-2016 academic year is $47,300. The scholarship program is named in honor of William H. Danforth, the 13th chancellor of WU, and his wife, the late Elizabeth Gray Danforth, who was an active and committed member of the university community and an exceptional advocate for students.
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