QuestBridge scholars named at Oak Lawn and Southland College Prep
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Out of over 20,800 applicants, QuestBridge selected 6,683 finalists to be considered for the QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship. This year, QuestBridge’s 50 college partners matched with 2,242 finalists, who are recognized as Match Scholarship Recipients. Locally, at least seven area students have earned full four-year scholarships, including room and board, books and supplies, fees and travel expenses with no loans attached.
QuestBridge is a national program that connects high-achieving high school seniors from underserved backgrounds to the program’s college partners, which include top liberal arts colleges and research universities.
Southland College Prep seniors Isaiah Adegoye (Vanderbilt), Nehemiah James (University of Chicago), Danielle Mambo (University of Chicago) and Eriyana Woolfolk (Rice) were selected as Match Scholarship Recipients along with Oak Lawn Community High School seniors Malik Adi (Stanford), Leonardo Orbea (Northwestern) and Patrycia Szlembarski (Denison).
Palos Heights’ Heafey receives DAR Community Service Award
Jack Heafey, a Palos Heights resident, was given the DAR Community Service Award during the Swallow Cliff Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution luncheon on Dec. 9.
Heafey was selected for his outstanding volunteer activities at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital.
The 89-year-old Heafey started volunteering as a docent for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1997. Later, his own health concerns and a stay and what is now known as Northwest Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Heights motivated Heafey to volunteer there. During the recent National Volunteer Week, his volunteer hours were tabulated at over 11,530.
Volunteering has given Heafey an opportunity to connect with people and build friendships that he might not otherwise have and to give back to his community in a very tangible way.
“We value him as part of our family,” said Donna Nadelhoffer, the manager of the volunteer services at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital.
Cerney introduced at Crisis Center for South Suburbia
The Crisis Center for South Suburbia has hired Kristina Cerney as its new director of Donor Relations
The Crisis Center for South Suburbia has been providing free emergency shelter, housing, counseling, advocacy and education services for almost 45 years in Chicago’s south suburbs.
Cerney, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, currently resides in Lockport. While studying public relations at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Cerney discovered a passion of helping others, with a focus on training and development. After returning to Illinois in 2008, she earned her master’s degree in organizational leadership.
Her new role is to build meaningful relationships in the community, expanding the mission of the Crisis Center, according to a release from the organization.
New Lenox’s Hull earns honors at symposium
New Lenox’s Paige Hull was among the Trine University students who were honored for projects presented at the university’s seventh annual STEM Research and Design Symposium on Dec. 5.
Hull’s team received the People’s Choice, Research Project in Biomedical Engineering award for “Kinematics and kinetics of foot and ankle motion in relation to custom foot orthotics.” She presented along with two other biomedical engineering majors from Kansas and Ohio.
Locals participate in Carthage College Christmas Festival
Several area natives were among the 175 Carthage College students who participated in the Christmas Festival in December. The program is a long-standing tradition for the college and Kenosha, Wisconsin community.
Frankfort’s Drake Thomas, Oak Forest’s Madison Edge and Oak Lawn’s Colin Campbell, Emma Faucault-Miller, Layla Nemri and Joyce Reising participated.
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