Governor Rauner announces top students to be honored by The Lincoln
Academy of Illinois
List includes two local students
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[November 17, 2016]
SPRINGFIELD
– Governor Bruce Rauner announced today the 2016 outstanding college
students who will be honored by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. The
Academy will recognize these students during the annual Student
Laureate Convocation at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 12 at the Old
State Capitol in Springfield.
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“President Lincoln’s legacy is a reminder of the power of public
service and civic engagement here in Illinois and across the
country,” said Governor Rauner. “The students chosen to receive this
honor have exemplified the principles and ideals of the greatest
Illinoisan through their hard work and dedication to their schools
and communities.”
The Lincoln Academy’s Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Awards are
presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular
activities to seniors from each of the state’s four-year,
degree-granting colleges and universities, and one student from the
community colleges in Illinois. At the Student Laureate Convocation,
each student will receive a Student Laureate Medallion, along with a
$1,000 educational grant and a certificate of achievement. This is
the 42nd year Lincoln Academy has celebrated students’ excellence in
Illinois.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2016/Aug/26/images/ads/current/ldn_medical_directory_small_2016.png) Student Laureate Rachel Hile-Broad of the University of
Chicago will speak on behalf of all the Laureates. The invocation
will be delivered by Eric Fulcomer, President of Rockford
University, and the benediction will be delivered by Eureka College
President Jamel Santa Cruze Wright. The Sangamon Woodwind Consort
will provide music, and a luncheon at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel will
follow the Student Laureate Convocation.
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The Lincoln Academy, unique among the 50 states, was established
more than 50 years ago to honor distinguished citizens with the
state’s highest award, the Order of Lincoln. The 53rd Annual
Convocation and Investiture of Laureates of The Lincoln Academy of
Illinois will take place Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the Chicago
History Museum.
Locally, attending Lincoln College, Kristin N. Werry from West
Peoria will be recognized. Attending Illinois College, Daniel Jame
Bacon of Lincoln will be recognized.
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here for complete list of Student Laureates.
[Office of the Governor Bruce Rauner] |