Seven SIUE Students Receive Get to Know Metro East Scholarships
Seven Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students received $2,000 scholarships from the “Get to Know the Metro East” campaign that awarded 12 scholarships to area college students. The SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior (SEHHB) provided four of the winners.
The SEHHB students included: Carmen Cornejo, a sophomore from Bloomington; Lindsey Courtoise, a senior from Bethalto; Emily Ellis, a sophomore from Belleville; and Olivia Middendorf, a senior from Edwardsville.
Fellow SIUE recipients included: Zach Fillback, a junior from Edwardsville in the School of Engineering; Pourya Kargar, a teaching assistant in the Department of Civil Engineering; and Evan Senat, a junior from Belleville in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Applicants were tasked with completing an essay outlining what they love most about their community and the Metro East. Get to Know the Metro East committee members selected essays that they felt exemplified the many benefits the Metro East has to offer.
“We are very excited for the 2019 scholarship recipients and want to congratulate them all,” said Carol Bartle, project manager of the Get to Know the Metro East campaign. “We had many well-deserving students apply this year, and it was a difficult decision to select only 12 individuals. We congratulate them and thank everyone who applied.”
The other recipients included Southwestern Illinois College’s Brady Arnold, Hannah Parke, Andrea Serna and Arajah White, and McKendree College’s Demarco Brownlee.
Get to Know the Metro East was formed to bring area organizations together to implement sustainable programs that improve area residents’ quality of life, while also enhancing the image of the Metro East as a great place to work, visit and live. To learn more about the campaign, visit www.get2knowthemetroeast.com.
Photo (L-R): Back row - Zach Fillback (SIUE), Andrea Serna, Demarco Brownlee and Pourya Kargar (SIUE).
Front row - Arajah White, Lindsey Courtoise (SIUE) and Evan Senat (SIUE).
Not pictured: Brady Arnold, Carmen Comejo (SIUE), Emily Ellis (SIUE), Hannah Parke and Olivia Middendorf (SIUE).
