MALTA — The Kishwaukee College Foundation is pleased to announce the student scholarship recipients for the Spring 2024 semester. The foundation awarded 196 scholarship awards totaling $181,972.

Scholarship funds are made possible through generous gifts from members of the community, local businesses and industry, and area agencies and associations. Students are selected on a competitive basis, according to each scholarship’s specific requirements.

Kishwaukee College students from the local area received the following awards:

Altrusa International of DeKalb County Scholarship — Grace Barnes of Rochelle.

Beulah & Roberta Hackett Endowment — Humberto Valdez of Rochelle.

Bud & Kay Stocking Rochelle Rotary Endowment — Julia Berry of Rochelle.

Charles & Mary Roberts Memorial Endowment for Nursing — Michele Lidren of Rochelle.

Dean & Betty Burgemeister Endowment — Laura Valdez of Rochelle, Sarah Snow of Rochelle.

Diane McNeilly Education Endowment — Jessica Lechner of Holcomb.

Emma Anderson Fund — Ahtziri Zepeda of Rochelle.

Employee Give Scholarship Fund — Damian Nava-Barrientos of Rochelle.

Founder's Endowment Fund — Sara Collins of Malta.

Jeremy “JD” Davis Memorial Endowment — Damen Harrington of Rochelle.

Jesus Romero Hispanic Endowment — Damian Nava-Barrientos of Rochelle.

Kishwaukee College Alumni Association Scholarship — Grace Barnes of Rochelle.

LaVerne "Dutch" Johnson Memorial Fund — Julia Berry of Rochelle, Emily Frazier of Lee, Hannah Seaworth of Lindenwood.

Law Enforcement Lifelong Learning Scholarship — Damen Harrington of Rochelle.

Ruth Ashelford Pollock Horticulture Fund — Francis Vowels of Rochelle.

Ruth Ashelford Pollock Nursing Fund — Ceci Vargas of Rochelle, Rita Walsh of Rochelle, Sherlyn Rojas of Rochelle, Sydney Marshall of Lee.

Ruth I. Hall Nursing Endowment — Jessica Solis of Rochelle.

Stoltz-Caruthers Family Scholarship — Grace Barnes of Rochelle.

Tom & Nancy Roberts Endowment — Asher Wiegartz of Rochelle.

Vernon & Dorothy Smith Memorial Endowment — Tommy Koziol of Rochelle, Kendal Ansteth of Rochelle, Ceci Vargas of Rochelle.

Wayne McIlrath Family Scholarship — Laura Valdez of Rochelle.

Students who wished to remain anonymous are omitted from this list.

The Kishwaukee College Foundation scholarship application period for the Fall 2024 semester will be open from Thursday, Feb. 1, to Friday, March 1. For more information on Foundation scholarships, contact the Kishwaukee College Foundation at 815-825-9790 or visit kish.edu/kcfscholarships.