The other finalist for this year’s award was Sara-Ann Rosen.
Elizabeth Ribarsky of Springfield, associate professor of communication at UIS, was honored with the Star Staff Award.
Ribarsky has chaired the annual Illinois Humane Trivia Night and in two years, she raised an additional $25,000 for the organization with this event.
Reagan Weichold of Chatham was honored with the Youth Volunteer Award. She was nominated by the Animal Protective League.
Weichold is a mentor for the APL’s Junior Volunteer Program.
Other finalists included Tyler Lancaster and Audrey Lupton.
Twenty volunteers were also honored with the Heart of Gold Award. Individual recipients were: Dennis Ahlberg, Anne Anderson, Stacey Austin, Jim Barr, Sandy Bellatti, Sally Cadagin, Becky Gabany, Paula Harris, Dorothy Hart, William G. Holland, DeeDee McCarty, Allison Montney, Traci Moore, Kristie Parkins, Megan Philpot, Renate Selby, Teressa Shelton, Kate Ward and Laura Winkelmann.
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GVSU mourns student who lived passionate, involved life as advocate
Dozens of mourners gathered Wednesday for a candlelight vigil at Grand Valley State University honoring a student from Royal Oak found dead on campus last weekend.
Socially distanced as university officials requested, the attendees stood solemnly beneath Cook Carillon Tower and bare trees decorated in blue and white lights as temperatures dipped below freezing.
They bowed their heads to remember 18-year-old Taylor DeRosa, who was in her first year at the school on Michigan s west side. I definitely feel very sorry for the family, and to lose a member of the Laker family just kind of hits close to home, said Bryce Thomas, a GVSU junior from Alpena who attended the vigil Wednesday night.
This Fashion Editorial Is About the Beauty of Black Gay Love
By Mikelle Street
A week ago
Justsmile, a magazine with Black creativity as its central point, launched with a slew of covers. Art critic and writer Antwaun Sargent as well as musician Ian Isaiah (in head to toe Hood by Air) are cover stars for the Sydney, Australia-based glossy s first issue that counts stylist Kevin Hunter and photographer Bryce Thomas as founders. They ve packed the issue with a variety of features including a portfolio of young Sydney talents as well a conversation with Marcus Leslie Singleton and Tschabalala Self. The hope: to create a support network for creatives of color and to give them an opportunity.