MALTA — The Kishwaukee College Foundation is pleased to announce the student scholarship recipients for the Spring 2025 semester. The Foundation awarded 354 scholarship awards totaling $335,355.

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

Local Kishwaukee College students received the following awards:

AG Communications Endowment — Damian Nava-Barrientos of Rochelle, Anna Varner of Rochelle

Albert & Frances Besserman Endowment — Thomas Koziol of Rochelle

Bud & Kay Stocking Rochelle Rotary Service Above Self Endowment — Annaleigh McKinney of Rochelle

Charles & Mary Roberts Memorial Endowment —Erica Prange of Lindenwood

Charles & Mary Roberts Memorial Endowment for Nursing — Rita Walsh of Rochelle

Dean & Betty Burgemeister Endowment — Carly Summers of Esmond

Diane McNeilly Education Endowment — Annaleigh McKinney of Rochelle

Emma Anderson Scholarship — Elijah Luxton of Rochelle, Kara Martinez of Rochelle, Baldemar Nambo of Rochelle, Kendall Sachs of Rochelle, Kylie Smith of Rochelle, Danica Ward of Creston

Jeanne M. Henderson Memorial Endowment — Baldemar Nambo of Rochelle

Kishwaukee College Board of Trustees Scholarship — Aiyanna Washington of Rochelle

Kishwaukee College Employee Give Scholarship — Alexis Huerta of Rochelle, Damian Nava-Barrientos of Rochelle, Marisa Whaley of Rochelle

LaVerne "Dutch" Johnson Memorial Fund — Lenna Hulthen of Lee, Elijah Luxton of Rochelle, Anna Varner of Rochelle,

Law Enforcement Lifelong Learning Scholarship — Damen Harrington of Rochelle

Mark Joseph Bussone Memorial Endowment — Alexander Torres of Rochelle

Mathew J. Rood DPT Scholarship — Jack Anderson of Chana

Nancy D. Castle Scholarship — Jessica Marin of Rochelle

Rowland & Lucile Matteson Endowment — Francis Vowels of Rochelle

Ruth Ashelford Pollock Horticulture Fund — Michelle McCandless of Kings, Francis Vowels of Rochelle

Ruth Ashelford Pollock Nursing Fund — Michele Lidren of Rochelle

Ruth I. Hall Nursing Endowment — Kassandra Kirk of Rochelle, Sherlyn Rojas of Rochelle, Cecilia Vargas of Rochelle

Stoltz-Caruthers Family Scholarship — Pamela Davis of Creston

The Founder’s Endowment — Danica Ward of Creston

Tom & Nancy Roberts Endowment — Lauren Ponto of Chana

Vernon & Dorothy Smith Memorial Scholarship — Abel Huerta of Rochelle, Jessica Marin of Rochelle, Cecilia Vargas of Rochelle, Marisa Whaley of Rochelle

Wayne McIlrath Family Scholarship —Erica Prange of Lindenwood

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

The Kishwaukee College Foundation scholarship application period for the Fall 2025 semester is open through Monday, March 17. For more information on Foundation scholarships, contact the Kishwaukee College Foundation at 815-825-9803 or visit kish.edu/kcfscholarships.