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Grace Kadyk of Sherman awarded a $14,000 scholarship from the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield
Grace Kadyk of Sherman, a senior at Williamsville High School, has been admitted to the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield for Fall Semester 2022 and awarded a $14,000 Lincoln Merit Scholarship for tuition over two years. At UIS, she will major in pre-nursing.
The scholarship is awarded based on high school GPA and can be renewed for a total of two years if the student maintains college GPA requirements.
At Williamsville High School, she is involved in vocal jazz, madrigals and choir.
Reaching Stellar: Our Stage / Our Voices advances diversity in performing arts
The newest program to debut at the Performing Arts Center at UIS is the opposite of what they usually do.
And that鈥檚 a good thing.
鈥淲e usually buy a show and get the venue ready for that show,鈥 said Carly Shank, artistic programs director for the Performing Arts Center. 鈥淣ow, we are more involved in the creation of something. We are laying down the foundation for something special.鈥
Journalism: Where we've been, where we're going
I was honored to be invited to speak earlier this month at UIS' Lunch & Learn Series presented by the UIS Alumni SAGE Society and the 缅北禁地 State Historical Society. And I was especially glad that we were able to hold the event in person, at Illini Country Club. It was the first time UIS did a live L&L since before the pandemic started.