Arlington Heights Student Wins Niebuhr Service to Society Scholarship Contest Erin Dela Cruz and her mother learn that Erin has just won Elmhurst University s Niebuhr Service to Society Scholarship Competition. Courtesy of Elmhurst University
Updated 3/11/2021 8:45 AM
Erin Dela Cruz, who has been working to fight poverty in her parents hometowns in the Philippines, is the first-place winner of Elmhurst University s third annual Niebuhr Service to Society Scholarship Competition.
During an awards ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 27, Dela Cruz, who lives in Arlington Heights and is a senior at Saint Viator High School, was awarded a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to attend Elmhurst.