 The Lincoln Academy's Student Laureate awards are presented for
excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities to seniors
from each of the four-year, degree-granting colleges and
universities in Illinois. At the convocation, each will receive a
Student Laureate medallion, along with an honorarium check and
certificate of achievement. This event will mark the 38th year that
students have been honored by the Lincoln Academy."These students
have exhibited a personal commitment to excel as seen by their
remarkable academic accomplishments," said Thomas S. Johnson,
chancellor of the Lincoln Academy. "They serve as role models to
other Illinois students. With hardworking and dedicated young
leaders such as these, Illinois and the rest of the nation can look
forward to a bright future."
Student Laureate Hailey Michelle Gehlbach of Lincoln College will
speak on behalf of all the laureates. The invocation will be
delivered by Dr. Miriam Pride, president of Blackburn College. The
Sangamon Woodwind Consort will provide music, and a luncheon at the
governor's mansion will follow the convocation.
The Lincoln Academy, unique among the 50 states, was established
48 years ago to honor Illinois' most distinguished citizens with the
state's highest award, the Order of Lincoln. The 49th annual
Convocation and Investiture of Laureates of The Lincoln Academy of
Illinois will take place April 13 at Augustana College in Rock
Island.
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Student laureates
(School, student, hometown)
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Augustana College
-- Astrid Tello-Rodriguez, Milan
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Aurora University
-- Monica Delorio, Naperville
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Benedictine
University -- Heriberto Diaz, Chicago
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Blackburn College
-- Shawn Eric Watkins, Virden
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Bradley University
-- Cecil Blutcher, Olympia Fields
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Chicago State
University -- Stephanie Michelle Sanchez, Chicago.
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Columbia College --
Jessica Lee Egan, Nashotah, Wis.
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Concordia
University -- Katrina Elyse Brundage, Red Bud
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DePaul University
-- Caitlin Conway, Chicago
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Dominican
University -- Edgar Nieto, Mundelein
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Eastern Illinois
University -- Jaclyn L. Carstens, Toulon
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Elmhurst College --
Jessica K. Wadleigh, Geneva
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Eureka College --
Douglas Owen Collins, Coupeville, Wash.
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Governors State
University -- Katherine Rhea Baggarly, Chicago
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Greenville College
-- Ross Baker, Fisher
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Illinois College --
Joshua Walters, St. Charles, Mo.
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Illinois Institute
of Technology -- Robert M. Morrison, Owasso, Okla.
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Illinois State
University -- Nancy Jean O'Neill, Algonquin
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Illinois Wesleyan
University -- Daniel Kenny, Barcelona, Spain
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Judson University
-- Matt Langton, Marengo
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Knox College --
John Salvatore Cusimano, Tinley Park
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Lake Forest College
-- Lauren Nicole Levinson, Northbrook
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Lewis University --
Emily A. Keene Hebron, Ind.
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Lincoln College --
Hailey Michelle Gehlbach, Roanoke
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Loyola University
-- Alexandra Vecchio
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MacMurray College
-- Derek Alan Crouch, Chatham
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McKendree
University -- Matthew B. Ernst, Peoria
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Millikin University
-- Jamiahus D. Walton, Peoria
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Monmouth College --
Michelle M. Hutchison, Galesburg
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Morton College --
Brenda Bedolla, Cicero
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National-Louis
University -- Willie Powell, Maywood
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North Central
College -- Maria Elizabeth Gommel, Malta
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North Park
University -- Shadae Gatlin, Chicago
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Northeastern
Illinois University -- Kathryn Cherry, Glenview
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Northern Illinois
University -- Wayne Duerkes, Somonauk
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Olivet Nazarene
University -- Jameson Dwight Forshee, Grand Blanc, Mich.
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Principia College
-- Shelby Ann Lemons Carmel, Ind.
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Quincy University
-- Lauren M. Stephans, Batavia
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Rockford College --
Brittany Adelle Salvador, Oregon
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Roosevelt
University -- Carina I. Balan, Arlington Heights
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St. Xavier
University -- Darryl Phillip Brown Jr., Matteson
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Southern Illinois
University Carbondale -- Brock Edward Kabat, Scheller
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Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville -- Jessica Colleen Thompson, Troy
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The University of
Chicago -- Nancy Pantoja, Chicago
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Trinity Christian
College -- Adam Perez Racine, Wis.
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Trinity
International University -- Elisabeth Speckhard, Cottage Grove,
Minn.
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University of
Illinois Chicago -- Kenneth Matthew Thomas, Midlothian
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University of
Illinois Springfield -- Elizabeth Kelly, Carlinville
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University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign -- Benjamin Martin Miller, Boody
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University of St.
Francis -- Jessica Lynn Nayder, Mokena
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Western Illinois
University -- Lauren N. Armstead, Auburn
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Wheaton College -- Hilary Elizabeth
Dirks, Bloomington
[Text from
Lincoln Academy of
Illinois news release received from
the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency]
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