Best & Brightest

•Meghan Brattin, of Bartlett, a 2004 graduate of St. Edward Central Catholic High School, a junior majoring in advertising at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, was nominated as the university's sole 2007 candidate for the Stickell Student Internship program.

She was selected based upon the strength of her academic performance, job experience, American Advertising Federation involvement, and philanthropic volunteer activities. As a nominee, she will competing for an internship spot against approximately 180 other students from other American universities. Only 15 to 20 candidates will be selected.

The winning students will be placed in a 10-week paid internship program during the summer of 2007, and will get the opportunity to work with large corporations and advertising agencies located in various cities across the nation.

•Illinois State University in Normal recognized the following students for their scholarship by including them in the spring 2007 Dean's List. They have achieved grade-point averages that place them in the top 10 percent of their respective colleges.

Bartlett: Jessica Boggess, Marilyn Lea Broadbent, Mark Andrew Brodeur, Randolph John Douglas, Jay Daniel

Grimmer, Zachary Kyle Hayes, Jessica Lee Kenney, Samantha Erin Martingly, Kevin R. McKenna, Pamela Ann Moore, Jennifer Anne Reck, Jilian Elyse Ricci, Matthew Raymond Walsh, Shana Lynn Walski and Kyle Norman Weidner.

Hanover Park: Dana Lynn Cuny, Rachel L. Forbes, Jeri Lynn Jozwiak, Steven Phillip Landon, Stacey Nicole Mimich and Jessica Hans Waltzman.

Streamwood: Ryan George Gecan, Aaron Michael Knoth, Pamela Joy Martin, Kalli Rebecca Monestero, Margaret Lynn Panek, Jaclyn Lorraine Reuther, Jennifer Nicole Solak and Alberto Solorio.

•Sean Quinn Rhoades of Hanover Park, son of Honora Ostermann, Hanover Park, and Tim Rhoades, Sarasota, Fla., graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in management and multinational business from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., in May. Rhoades is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity where he served as the Risk Management Chair for three years. He was also a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society, the Professional Management Association, club soccer vice president and on the dean's list for three years. The 2003 graduate of Hoffman Estates High School is employed as a management analyst at BearingPoint in Chicago.