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Lincoln Community High School announced the recipients of the Oliver C. and Roberta M. Hursh Memorial Scholarship Awards Saturday at the graduation ceremony. This scholarship is presented to the valedictorian and the salutatorian and this year’s recipients will each receive $26,051.51.
The 2021 Valedictorian is Noah Stuckey. Noah is the son of Timothy and Sara Stuckey. Noah plans to attend Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, IL.
The 2021 Salutatorian is Victoria Martens. Victoria is the daughter of Emmanuelle Villacroux. Victoria plans to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA.
The award was made possible by Mr. and Mrs. Hursh who did not have any children of their own, but education remained very important to them. They believed that society should encourage the real achievers among us.
May 14, 2021
Associate Dean of Nursing and Allied Health Dr. Theresa Marcotte is retiring after 22 years with the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges District.
During her career, Marcotte has worked in a variety of positions at all four colleges Frontier, Lincoln Trail, Olney Central and Wabash Valley. She has been a nursing instructor, department head and administrator. She was Dean of Instruction at Wabash Valley College from 2007 to 2010 and has served the last five years in her current position at OCC.
Marcotte’s legacy includes integrating innovative technology into the classrooms to ensure a new generation of nurses and radiologists are ready to care for the needs of their patients. She attained grant funds to purchase IV pumps, interactive Apple TVs for the classrooms and new student software.
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FBI crime data on violent, property and hate crimes in and around Princeton University used to figure college safety rankings. (Alex Mirchuk/Patch)
NEW JERSEY With universities reopening for on-campus learning as more people in the United States get vaccinated against COVID-19, students may be wondering how safe their college might be as they return to the classroom.
A report from Your Local Security, a security systems retailer, aims to shed some light on that issue and ranked the safest colleges in America. Using pre-pandemic crime data from the Federal Bureau of Investigations and information from the U.S. Department of education, the company found that Princeton University was the safest in New Jersey, and fifth safest in the entire country.
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FBI crime data on violent, property and hate crimes were used to figure college safety rankings. (Shutterstock)
NORTH CAROLINA With universities reopening for on-campus learning as more people in the United States get vaccinated against COVID-19, students may be wondering how safe their college might be as they return to the classroom.
A report from Your Local Security, a security systems retailer, aims to shed some light on that issue and ranked the safest colleges in America. Using pre-pandemic crime data from the Federal Bureau of Investigations and information from the U.S. Department of education, the company found that Appalachian State University in Boone was the safest in North Carolina.