Date: 4/29/09
Contact: Marc Lebovitz
Fourteen students at Illinois State University have been chose as Robert G. Bone Scholars for the 2009-2010 school year, announced by Kim Pereira, director of the Honors Program.
The Bone Scholarship, the highest university-wide honor given to undergraduate students, includes a monetary award from the Bone Scholarship endowment. Pictures of the recipients are displayed in the Bone Student Center, and their names are engraved on a plaque displayed permanently there.
The 14 new Scholars will be introduced to University administrators, the selection committee and to current and alumni Bone Scholars during a May 2 awards luncheon. In the fall, they will be recognized at the University’s Scholarship Awards Ceremony.
The scholarship is named in honor of the late Robert G. Bone, president of Illinois State from 1956-1967. Bone Scholars are selected through a rigorous campus-wide competition on the basis of their scholarly achievements and their engagement and leadership in activities, in the university community and beyond. Invited finalists submit a comprehensive portfolio including several essays and statements, a project, and five letters of recommendation. The mean grade point average of this year’s Bone Scholars is 3.96 on a 4.0 scale.
The selection committee consisted of Jonathan Druker, Richard Finch, Heidi Harbers, Barbara Meyer, Aslihan Spaulding, Carson Varner and Wendy Woith of the Illinois State faculty; current Bone Scholar Lindsey Miller; Foundation Association representative Peg VanMeter; Parents Association Representative Jeff Olson and Alumni Association representative Darrel Sutter.
The new Bone Scholars are
Ethan Van Norman, a psychology major from Cambridge
Kimberly Jaros, a special education major from Downers Grove
Douglas Johnson, a finance, insurance and law major from Gibson City
Jordan Lopez, a finance, insurance and law major from Godfrey
Maggie O’Malley, a nursing major from Naperville
Molly Bosche Sharer, a kinesiology and recreation major from Normal
Nathaniel Smart, a chemistry major from Normal
Rebecca Straple, an English and theatre major from Oak Lawn
Danielle Kiefner, a health sciences major from Peotone
Jonathan Damery, an agriculture major from Rochester
Hayley Ralph, a biological sciences major from Streator
David Cermak, a history and theatre major from Tinley Park
Deandra Bass, a social work major from Wheaton
Erin Lindsey, a physics major from Eureka, Mo.
