Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois names 2016 scholarship recipients
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois is committed to helping girls reach their goals by offering a variety of college scholarships for graduating Girl Scouts.
The Girl Scout Ambassador Scholarship is a $500 scholarship for active, graduating Girl Scouts. Girls must be able to demonstrate outstanding examples of their Girl Scout Leadership Experience, including community service projects and leadership roles during their junior and senior years in high school. This year's recipients are:
• Brittany Wylie, 17, Plainfield, who plans on pursuing a degree in marine biology.
• Susan Arns, 18, Bartlett, who will study music education.
• Rachel Roschi, 18, Aurora, who plans on studying pre-veterinary medicine at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The Jeanne Floberg Girl Scout Ambassador Scholarship was awarded to Meagan Hall, 18, Roscoe, who plans to study elementary education at Southern Illinois University.
The Girl Scout Gold Award Scholarship is a $500 scholarship for girls graduating high school who have earned their Girl Scout Gold Award. This scholarship focuses on the girl's Gold Award projects in combination with her other Girl Scout, school, and community accomplishments.
• Megan Kalafut, 18, Lake Zurich, plans to study actuarial science at Illinois State University. Her Gold Award project addressed the lack of extracurricular STEM activities for underprivileged children. She created and ran workshops for youth in first to fifth grade.
• Erin McDermott, 17, Kildeer, who plans on studying social media marketing at Marquette University. Her Gold Award Project included the restoration of a prairie area and installation of a monarch butterfly garden (now a certified monarch way station) and a sitting area at the Reed Turn Nature Center in Long Grove, Illinois.
• Ashely Sherwood, 18, Machesney Park, plans on studying marketing at Rock Valley Community College and then will move on to complete her bachelor's degree at a university. Her Gold Award project diverted over 4,000 textbooks from the landfill to a mobile library serving communities in Nigeria, Africa, Fond Du Lac Boys and Girls Club, and Brother-Town Indian Nation in Wisconsin. She also developed and engaged youth, at the Boys and Girls Club, through interactive math games and lessons.
• Samantha Walter, 18, Batavia, who is studying electrical engineering at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. Her Girl Scout Gold Award project focused on increasing awareness and appreciation for classical literature and Latin through the development of a website and involvement in a school club.
Interested families and caregivers can visit GSNI's website www.girlscoutsni.org for more information or call (844) 476-4463.
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We believe every girl can change the world. With us, Girl Scouts develop the independence and confidence to guide their own lives and make the world a better place. We put girls in the driver's seat and encourage them to customize their own experience. And with programs focused on the outdoors, career and interest exploration, travel and the global community, and practical life skills, in addition to community service projects, every girl has the opportunity to unlock her full potential and be amazing! We serve 16 counties including parts or all of Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago. We're Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join, visit www.girlscoutsni.org or call (844) 476-4463.