Dundee Township Rotary Club awards $50,000 in scholarships
On Tuesday, May 2, the Dundee Township Rotary Club held its annual scholarship banquet and awarded a total of $50,000 to 17 high school students seeking higher education.
These scholarships could not be made possible without the generous donors.
Present with the scholarship recipients were their parents and family, representatives from Dundee-Crown High School and Elgin Community College, the donors and their representatives, and the membership of the Dundee Township Rotary Club and their family.
Carolyn Mullen, a former president of the Dundee-Crown High School Rotary Interact Club, a 2012 recipient of a Dundee Township Rotary Club scholarship, and a current employee of the U.S. Department of Energy, was the keynote speaker, who gave inspiration to the students and encouragement to the parents as their children move on their path to success.
The winners are:
• Harvey and Ethel Daeumer Memorial Scholarships: Olivia Bujak, Amira Qureshi, and Grace Soh, all from Dundee-Crown High School
• Jack Roeser OTTO Engineering Scholarship: Laura Lopez from Dundee-Crown High School, and Gianna Daufenbach and Itzel Parra, both from Elgin Community College
• Bruce David Memorial ScholarshipL Victoria Bogusz, from Dundee-Crown High School
• Dundee Rotary Interact Club Scholarship: Gavin Dougherty, from Dundee-Crown High School
• Stig P. Orum Memorial Scholarship: Sasha Forke, from Dundee-Crown High School
• Thomas G. Mullen Sr. Memorial Scholarship: Porter Leith, from Dundee-Crown High School
• Chere Anderson Memorial Scholarship: Kylie Martin, from Dundee-Crown High School
• Betty-Jane Festen Memorial and Lawrence J. Sorce Memorial Scholarship: Lilian Mejia, from Dundee-Crown High School
• James A. Alpeter Memorial Scholarship: Lindsay Miserendino, from H.D. Jacobs High School
• Richard N. and Nancy A. Sisler Memorial Scholarship: Brigida Proczek,from Dundee-Crown High School
• Lawrence J. Sorce Memorial and Krysha Sorce Scholarship: Gabrielle Roder, from Dundee-Crown High School
• John Brittain Memorial Scholarship: Michael Sbarounis, from Marian Central High School
• Robert J. Morency Memorial Scholarship: Margaret Schneider, from Marian Central High School
Congratulations to all of these wonderful students! We know they will make their mark in the world, and we look forward to seeing it!