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By Benjamin Cox on May 11, 2021 at 11:40am
A Lincoln Land Community College student has been honored as one of 72 scholars in the nation as a top community college scholar.
Jennifer Haggerty of Chandlerville was named a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer scholar. Haggerty will be awarded up to $40,000 over the next 3 years to complete a Bachelors Degree as one of 72 community college students across the nation. Haggerty was selected from a pool of over 1,300 applicants from 370 community colleges across the country.
Haggerty is an active member of LLCC’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society chapter, is also one of two LLCC students chosen as members of the 2021 All-Illinois Academic Team and was named a 2020 Coca-Cola Leader of Promise Scholar. She returned to college after 17 years in the workforce. After LLCC, she plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing and hopes to attend graduate school to become a pediatric nurse practitioner.
Chandlerville student named Cooke Foundation scholar
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Lincoln Land Community College Jennifer Haggerty of Chandlerville is among 72 students nationwide chosen as a Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholar.
Haggerty was chosen because of her achievements and will be given $40,000 a year for three years to complete her bachelor’s degree. She is a member Phi Theta Kappa honor society and is one of two Lincoln Land Community College students chosen for the 2021 All-Illinois Academic Team.
She was also named a 2020 Coca-Cola Leader of Promise Scholar.
Haggerty returned to college after 17 years in the workforce. She plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing and hopes to attend graduate school to become a pediatric nurse practitioner.
LLCC students honored with academic awards
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Lincoln Land Community College has recognized students with academic, leadership and special awards in a series of ceremony videos that premiered this week. The videos can be viewed at bit.ly/LLCCYouTube.
Julia Kienzler of Williamsville was named 2021 LLCC Outstanding Graduate of the Year. During her time at LLCC, she served as Illinois regional central vice president and chapter president of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and president of the LLCC Honors Program Club.
Among other west-central Illinois students honored were:
Carrollton
Madison P. Mountain, Health Professions Department Honor Graduate, Outstanding Radiography Student; Emily M. Schmidt, Health Professions Department Honor Graduate, Outstanding Radiography Student
By Benjamin Cox on April 30, 2021 at 9:42am
Lincoln Land Community College recently recognized students with academic, leadership and special awards in a series of 2021 Student Recognition Ceremony videos that premiered this week. The videos can be viewed at LLCC’s YouTube Channel.
Student honorees and their awards are listed in hometown order:
Auburn
Eric T. Dodd, Health Professions Department Honor Graduate; Braydon Smith, Outstanding Academic Achievement by a Student Athlete; Tate D. Smith, Honors Program Graduate; Bethany L. Wood, Health Professions Department Honor Graduate
Carrollton
Madison P. Mountain, Health Professions Department Honor Graduate, Outstanding Radiography Student; Emily M. Schmidt, Health Professions Department Honor Graduate, Outstanding Radiography Student