Lincoln College student Ashlyn Carroll among the 2017 Illinois Student Laureates
Convocation to be held in Springfield this Saturday

[November 09, 2017] 

The top students representing Illinois’ colleges and universities will be honored by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois during the annual Student Laureate Convocation at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 11 at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield. This is the 43rd year The Lincoln Academy has celebrated students’ excellence in Illinois.

Governor Bruce Rauner, the President of the Lincoln Academy, and First Lady Diana Rauner will present each student with a certificate of merit, a Lincoln medallion, and a $1,000 check from The Lincoln Academy.

The annual Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Ceremony recognizes excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities by seniors from each of the state’s four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities, and one student from the community colleges in Illinois. Student Laureates are selected by their individual schools.

Included in the list of honorees this year is Lincoln College student Ashlyn N. Carroll.

In addition to honoring the state's Student Laureates, Illinois is unique in the United States in selecting present or former citizens who have made outstanding contributions toward the progress and betterment of humanity to be honored as Laureates of the Lincoln Academy and receive the “Order of Lincoln” from the Governor, a process that has been in place since 1964.

Proceeds from the spring Laureate Convocation are used to support the Student Laureate program each fall. For more information visit www.thelincolna cademyofillinois.org. 

[Lincoln Academy of Illinois]