The Kishwaukee College Foundation announces the student scholarship recipients for Spring 2020. The Foundation awarded 207 scholarships to the total of $138,111. Funds comprise of gifts received from generous members of the community, local business and industry, and area agencies and associations. Students are selected on a competitive basis according to each scholarship’s specific requirements.
The online application process for the Fall 2020 Kishwaukee College Foundation scholarships is now open through April 15. For more information on Foundation scholarships, contact the Kishwaukee College Foundation at 815-825-9803 or visit www.kish.edu/about/foundation.
AG Communications Endowment
DeKalb: Isaac Vega
Arden Perry & Kathryn Cornell Endowment
Genoa: Anna Hansen and Griffin Hansen
Beulah & Roberta Hackett Endowment Scholarship
Mount Morris: Brandi Ferrari
Rochelle: Maria Macias and Tania Salazar
Sycamore: Ashley Foltz
Bud & Kay Stocking, Rochelle Rotary Endowment
Rochelle: Gwendolyn Papke
Charles & Mary Roberts Memorial Endowment
Cortland: Raina Sands
DeKalb: Jose Flores
Kirkland: Amelia Bock
Lindenwood: Heidi Larmon
Malta: Angela Sietsema
Shabbona: Miranda Stryker
Sycamore: Ahmed Elfaki and Morgan Olson
Charles & Mary Roberts Memorial Endowment for Nursing
Chana: Jonah Anderson
DeKalb: Joellen Kile, Kyesha Means and Haley Puffenbarger
Rochelle: Bibiana Milan
Cliff Caruthers & Linda Stoltz Caruthers Memorial Endowment
Kirkland: Amelia Bock
ComEd Endowment Fund Scholarship
DeKalb: Glorie OConnell
Sycamore: Ahmed Elfaki
Dean & Betty Burgemeister Endowment
Cortland: Gabrielle Farrell
Sycamore: Murron Qualls
DeKalb Area Garden Club Endowment
DeKalb: Hayley Krull
Genoa: Dina Fowler
DeKalb Fire Fighters Local 1236 Memorial Scholarship
DeKalb: Regina Shaw
Genoa: Kristyn Ruegsegger
Donald C. Mack Scholarship
Belvidere: Anthony Thurnau
DeKalb: William Hart
Machesney Park: Rachel Olson
Malta: Scott Hines
Rockford: Vanessa Robles
Don Sanderson Memorial Scholarship
Steward: Austin Suddeth
Doris & Robert Boey Endowment
Sycamore: Celia Carpenter
Doris V. & Suzanne K. Lewis Memorial Endowment
DeKalb: Shanice Mallett
Edward Deeke Trust
Shabbona: Caroline Murphy
Eleanor Anglin Price Scholarship
DeKalb: Henry Jackson
Malta: Angela Sietsema
Rochelle: Jennifer Gonzalez
Sycamore: Jialing Chen
Emma Anderson Fund
Cortland: Jennifer Cordero, Theodore DeForge and Alexandria Pena
DeKalb: Abigail Aquino, Clifford Ciesielczyk, Taylor Dunaway, Ian Harrison, Johnathan
Hillier, Alexander Hoppe, Cristopher Luna-Trujillo, Arianna Moore, Cameron Smith and
Tyler Scarbrough
Genoa: Anna Hansen and Madelynn Grismer
Kingston: Celia Huerta and D'Artagnan Lowe
Kirkland: Amelia Bock
Lee: Raymond Ragan
Malta: Abigail Taylor and John Vera
Somonauk: Lauren Kawall
Sycamore: Megan Antos, Jazzmyn Buckheister, Leticia Cardenas, Celia Carpenter, Kendall
Colness, Benjamin Cottone, Derrick Crome, Kelsy Daluga, Trevor Davis, Kaylee DuMont,
Ahmed Elfaki, Shannon Kelly, Isabel Odom-Flores, Morgan Olson, Ethan Pardilla, Jarrod
Pritchett, Matthew Ray, Lillian Riebeling, Justin Silbaugh, Audrey Shipley and Jheury
Feliz Ulloa
Waterman: Arianna Robbins
Employee Give Scholarship Fund
Amboy: Drake Barlow
DeKalb: Jessica Sky
Founder’s Endowment
DeKalb: Jose Flores
Rochelle: Katelyn Ackland and Gwendolyn Papke
George Strick Memorial Education Scholarship
DeKalb: Taylor Dunaway
Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois Scholarship
DeKalb: Dakota Montavon
Heartland Bank Community Enhancement Scholarship
Genoa: Briana Busche
Howard & Martha Mullins Endowment
DeKalb: Haley Puffenbarger
Ine Achilles Scholarship for Horticulture
Shabbona: Kimberly Rotella
Jeanne M. Henderson Memorial Endowment
DeKalb: Lyindia Brown
Rochelle: Melanie Higueros
Sycamore: Kerina Evenson
Jeremy "JD" Davis Memorial Endowment
Malta: John Vera
Jesus Romero Hispanic Endowment
DeKalb: Cristopher Luna-Trujillo and Jose Flores
Lindenwood: Heidi Larmon
Rochelle: Lillian Fulgencio
KC Engineering Scholarship
DeKalb: Inamur Rab
Kevin Jensen Memorial Scholarship
DeKalb: Ian Harrison
Kishwaukee College Alumni Endowment
Genoa: Anna Hansen
LaVerne "Dutch" Johnson Endowment
Clare: Matthew Drake
DeKalb: Grace Gehrke and Ian Harrison
Oregon: Teresa Jacobsen
Les & Deanie Springmire Endowment
Rochelle: Morgan Baker
Mark Joseph Bussone Memorial Endowment
Cortland: Melissa Korzi
DeKalb: Jessica Holuj
Michael Bennett Scholarship
Genoa: Stephanee Dries
Nancy D. Castle Scholarship
DeKalb: Julia Alvarez, Jose Flores, Cristopher Luna-Trujillo and Miriam Tellez-Soto
Rochelle: Melanie Higueros
Sycamore: Lilian Ndicu
Pat Humo Nursing Fund
DeKalb: Jamie Jensen and Brandy Turner
Rochelle: Hadeel Sbeih
Richard Akers Family Endowment
DeKalb: Adriana Aumann-Weyenberg
Robert and Norma Wildenradt Scholarship
Hinckley: Aurora Grivetti
Rollan Bonneau Memorial Endowment
DeKalb: Evan Rickert and Glorie OConnell
Rowland & Lucille Matteson Endowment
Byron: Madison Rudsinski
DeKalb: Hayley Krull
Garden Prairie: Joshua Turner
Genoa: Dina Fowler
Rochelle: Nyna Oliver
Rockford: Richard Dolan and Madeline Jirak
Shabbona: Caroline Murphy
Ruth Ashelford Pollock Horticulture Scholarship
Byron: Madison Rudsinski
DeKalb: Hayley Krull
Garden Prairie: Joshua Turner
Genoa: Dina Fowler
Kirkland: Samantha Gonzalez
Oregon: Teresa Jacobsen
Rochelle: Danielle Hurst and Nyna Oliver
Rockford: Madeline Jirak
Shabbona: Caroline Murphy and Kimberly Rotella
Ruth Ashelford-Pollock Nursing Scholarship
Chicago Heights: Joshua Brown
DeKalb: Tara Keen , Joellen Kile, Shanice Mallett and Angelique Strine
Genoa: Kendyl Strack
Kirkland: Sarah Lyons, Samantha Piper and Laramie Whitis
Lindenwood: Heidi Larmon
Rochelle: Christina Neale and Jimena Roman
Rockford: Chantel Booker
Shabbona: Alexandria Turner
Sycamore: Chelsey Bjelland, Lauren Coon and Ashley Foltz
Ruth I. Hall Nursing Endowment
Cortland: Jennifer Cordero, Lisa Guzinski and Jessica Long
Creston: Abigail Kerns
DeKalb: Amber Boyd, Rachael Bumber, Tara Keen, Elizabeth Leon, Savannah Mathis, Sandra
Nunez, Julianna Orellana, Lisa Ortegel, Jessica Sky and Angelique Strine
Genoa: Kerri Collins and Kendyl Strack
Kirkland: Sarah Lyons and Samantha Piper
Loves Park: Lakeia Knight
Rochelle: Christina Neale
Shabbona: Alexandria Turner
Sycamore Physicians Scholarship
Sycamore: Mikaela Bishop
Velta Smith Nursing Endowment Scholarship
DeKalb: Vivienne Ketchakeu
Vernon & Dorothy Smith Memorial Endowment
Rochelle: Alexis Bialas and Marisol Garcia
Veronica Ream Endowment
Rochelle: Jennifer Gonzalez
Wayne McIlrath Family Scholarship
Cortland: Lisa Guzinski
DeKalb: Shane Kelly, Regina McWright, Sue Sagel and Matthew Sroczynski
Genoa: Anton Barton
Rockford: Kellianne Holcomb
Sycamore: Nicholas Darlak, Ashley Foltz and September Perez
Photo: The Kishwaukee College Foundation announces the Spring 2020 scholarship recipients. Applications for Fall 2020 Foundation scholarships are accepted March 1 to April 15. Pictured: Spring 2020 Foundation scholarship recipients.