Lake Forest College student of Lake in the Hills wins award

Lauren Bell, class of 2018, of Lake in the Hills was awarded the Edward H. Oppenheimer Memorial Prize, Emma O. Haas Memorial Award for Merit in Scholarship, H. Murray Herlihy Prize in Economics, Solly A. Hartzo Award in Politics, and Phi Beta Kappa Senior Thesis Award. Bell is one of two Oppenheimer Prize recipients judged to have contributed the most to the Lake Forest College community in their four years as undergraduates. As the Haas Award recipient, this economics and politics double major had the best all-around scholastic record and demonstrated breadth and depth in Lake Forest College coursework. Bell was named to the Dean's List for three consecutive years, earned distinction on her senior thesis, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. She has accepted a post-graduate position with Teach for America to teach middle school mathematics to low-income students in Kansas City, Missouri. Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has more than 1,500 students representing 44 states and 72 countries. For more information, visit www.lakeforest.edu.