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Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students agree that the summer semester is a great time to pursue educational goals, thanks to their SIUE Staff Senate Summer Scholarships. 

“I’m thankful to my parents, especially my mom, for helping me obtain this scholarship and for being supportive throughout my academic journey,” said Abigail Ermer, a senior majoring in Art and Design with a concentration in textiles and psychology minor. “I am grateful for this scholarship, because it allowed me to enroll in the summer semester, which will help me graduate on time and make my course load lighter during my final semesters.” Ermer is the daughter of Robin Ermer, an office support specialist in the Kimmel Student Involvement Center. 

“I would like to thank the University Staff Senate Scholarship committee for making these awards possible,” said Kinzi Johnson, a junior majoring in psychology and minoring in pre-law. “This award enabled me to cover the cost of the summer classes I am taking, which are necessary to obtain my undergraduate degree.” Johnson is the son of Deirdre Johnson, a library operations associate in Lovejoy Library. 

Scholarship awards are given to qualifying SIUE students who meet such criteria as:

• Be a son, daughter, grandchild, spouse or civil union partner of a presently employed or retired civil service (excluding non-status) or professional staff employee (excluding appointments of less than 50% and term appointments of less than six months) of SIUE.
• Meet admissions requirements of undergraduate requirements at SIUE and be enrolled for the fall 20201 semester
• Applicants with fewer than 12 earned college semester hours must have an ACT composite of 19 or above (unless exempt because of SIUE’s admission standards)
• Applicants with more than 12 earned college semester hours must have at least a college GPA of 2.5 

“We are always excited to award deserving students with the means of furthering their education at SIUE,” said Angela White, Staff Senate secretary. “The Staff Senate has been awarding students scholarships annually for many years. It is the highlight of our year!” 

Staff Senate awards scholarships annually in the fall and summer to qualified SIUE students. To donate to the Staff Senate Scholarship award, visit http://siue.edu/give-now/.  

Photos:
(L-R): SIUE Staff Senate Summer Scholarship winner Abigail Ermer, a senior majoring in Art and Design with a concentration in textiles, is congratulated by her mother, Robin Ermer, an office support specialist in the Kimmel Student Involvement Center. 

(L-R): SIUE Staff Senate Summer Scholarship winner Kinzi Johnson, a junior majoring in psychology, is shown with his mother Deirdre Johnson, a library ops associate in Lovejoy Library.