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Counselors roll in to Lincoln
College
‘Bike O’Fun Tour’ combines bicycling with
campus visits
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 [June 21, 2019]
Six school counselors rolled in to Lincoln College Monday afternoon,
on a special “Bike O’Fun” tour that combined visits to colleges with
a central Illinois bicycle tour that is taking them from Bloomington
to Jacksonville.
Led by professional school counselors Paul Welsh and Sarah McDougal
from Fenton High School in Bensonville, the group began their tour
Sunday in Bloomington, at Illinois State, then toured Illinois
Wesleyan on Monday morning, before hitting the road to Lincoln,
where they toured Lincoln College, had dinner with admissions staff
and stayed overnight, before setting out for Springfield on Tuesday
morning.
In addition to Welsh and McDougal, riders included Paul Harris of
Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas; Scott Lilly of
Glenbard East High School in Lombard; Heidi Mignonne of Columbia
College, Chicago; and Merle Wilder of Belleville East High School.
The tour gives the counselors a chance to get familiar with Illinois
colleges over the summer, while also getting a great workout and
enjoying some bicycling through the countryside. Welsh and McDougal
are experienced cyclists and got the idea of an Illinois tour after
regularly touring with a similar group known as the Tour d’Admission,
which tours colleges across the country.
While heading to Lincoln, the group took time to stop in Atlanta to
take in some of the sites at the historic community, including the
Route 66 Arcade Museum and the 19-Foot Tall “Paul Bunyon” hot dog
statue.
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The counselors in front of
University Hall at Lincoln College (front, from left) Sarah McDougal, Heidi
Mignonne and Paul Harris; (on steps from left) Scott Lilly, Paul Welsh and Merle
Wilder.
Six school counselors head toward Lincoln from Atlanta Monday
afternoon on historic Route 66.
The counselors pull into Lincoln College.
Paul Harris lets Abe try on his bike helmet for a picture.
[Mark Gordon
Public Relations and Media Manager
Lincoln College] |
