College screening, awards and more.
College of Lake County
Screening: Benjamin Busch, a decorated U.S. Marine and a film director, writer, photographer and actor, will present a free 40-minute screening of “Bright,” his award-winning narrative short film at 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St. The event is being co-sponsored by CLC and the Waukegan Arts Council. Busch, an infantry officer who served two combat tours of duty in Iraq, wrote, produced and directed the film. He is also an actor whose many roles have included Officer Anthony Colicchio on the HBO series “The Wire.” His film screening will include time for remarks and audience questions. Details, www.waukeganartscouncil.org.
Columbia College/Lake County, Gurnee
Registration: Registration for classes that run from Oct. 26 through Dec. 19 will be held Sept. 21, 1225 Tri-State Parkway, Suite 560. Details, 847-336-6333 or www.ccis.edu/lakecounty.
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Study abroad: The following students spent their summer 2015 semester learning in a new country as part of study abroad programs: Allyson McArthur of Lake Forest traveled to New Zealand; Logan Reiff of Libertyville and Danielle Franzese of Kildeer traveled to Costa Rica; Ryan Link of Deerfield traveled to Nicaragua; Stephanie Obrien of Gurnee and Alannah McBreen of North Barrington traveled to Luxembourg, France and Switzerland; Max Schulman of Highland Park and Ashley Balda of Lake Zurich traveled to United Kingdom; Stephen Bowman of Lake Forest, Nathan Ihm of Kildeer, Emily Bowman of Lake Forest and Lauren Boyle of Lincolnshire traveled to Italy; Jeremy Schuster of Buffalo Grove traveled to Korea; John Strauss of Barrington traveled to China and Japan; Caroline Cliff of Barrington traveled to Spain; Jacqueline Barry of Barrington traveled to Ireland, United Kingdom and France; Caitlin Barry of Barrington, and Kelly Gerrard of Inverness traveled to Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France and Czech Republic; Isaac Shapiro of Highland Park traveled to China; Nicholas Tuthill of Hawthorn Woods traveled to Germany; Matthew Williams of Libertyville traveled to Ireland; Bradley Kucera of Libertyville traveled to France and Luxembourg. With about 38 percent of Miami undergraduate students studying abroad for credit by the time they graduate, Miami is ranked 2nd among public doctoral institutions nationwide for students studying abroad.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis
Scholar: The 2015 recipient of the Lake Villa Township Republican Club $1,000 Scholarship is Kayla Switalla, a 2015 graduate of Grayslake North High School and resident of Lake Villa. She is attending UM and plans to pursue a career in neuroscience. She is an AP Scholar with Distinction and All-Conference honors for Softball. In describing her commitment to the community, she quoted Ghandi, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
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