Bone Student Scholars named for 2023-2024
Illinois State University announced 14 students were selected as Robert G. Bone Scholars for the 2023-2024 school year.
The Bone Scholarship, the highest university-wide honor given to undergraduate students, includes a monetary award of $3,300 from the Bone Scholarship endowment. Recipients of the award will be introduced during an October 1 luncheon and featured in a display at the Bone Student Center.
Named in honor of the late Robert G. Bone, president of Illinois State University from 1956-1967, Bone Scholars are selected through a rigorous campus-wide competition based on their scholarly achievements and their engagement and leadership in activities in the University community and beyond. Invited finalists submit a comprehensive portfolio including several essays and statements, an academic product, and letters of recommendation. The mean grade point average of this year's Bone Scholars is 3.98 on a 4.0 scale.
Honorees include:
Alize Benitez of Chicago
Madison Cosman of Hoffman Estates
Genevieve Fritz of Fox Lake
Daniela Grgas of Bloomington and Henderson, Nevada
LT Hodges of Mahomet
Kate Kostrub of Champaign
Megan Lowe of Lake in the Hills
Emma Martin of Lombard
Rachel Patterson of Waterloo
William Restis of Richmond
Naomi Satoh of Schaumburg
Michael Severino of Lombard
Kirsten Townander of Libertyville
Shariq Zaman of Bloomington
The selection committee consisted of Antonio Causarano, Ashley Farmer, Gary Hunter, Kee-Yoon Nahm, Michele Shropshire and Charles Su of the Illinois State faculty; current Bone Scholar Ethan Oliver; Foundation Association representative Dan Kelley; and Alumni Association representative Brent Scholl.