The University of Illinois Alumni Club of Houston is pleased to announce that it has awarded its 2007-2008 scholarship in the amount of $2,000 to Lisa Hasenberg, a graduate of Kingwood High School. Lisa will enroll at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the fall to pursue a Chemical Engineering degree.
Lisa is ranked in the top 1% of her class and is both a National Merit and an AP Scholar. Like Marisa Tomei’s character (Mona Lisa Vito) in the movie My Cousin Vinnie, Lisa comes from a long line of engineers. Her father is an engineer, her brother is studying to become a mechanical engineer, as are numerous other members of her extended family.
Once Lisa receives her undergraduate degree, she intends to earn a Ph.D. in engineering and enter the workforce in research and development.
We wish her great success and are honored to present her with this year’s scholarship award.
The
University of Illinois Alumni Club of Houston is pleased to announce on
April 30th, 2006 that it has awarded its 2006-2007 scholarship in the amount
of $1,000 to Jun Hong, a graduate of Stratford High School in Houston,
Texas. Jun has enrolled at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
as a Freshman in the Fall of 2006, and is in the Bioengineering
Curriculum.
Though only having been in our country for five years, Jun will graduate in the top 8% of his class, and has earned a number of honors. He was a two year president of the Junior Engineering Technology Society and won the violin Concerto Competition at school. The club extends its sincerest congratulations to Jun and his family.
Scholarship Committee Members (2006-2007):
Graham Duhamel
Scholarship Committee Chairman, B.S., Accounting, UIUC, 1976Dr. Daniel Adams
Scholarship Committee Member, D.M.A. 1985Mary Brolley
Scholarship Committee Member, B.S., Advertising, 1981Larry Burns
Treasurer, B.S. & M.S., Architectural Studies, UIUC, 1974Derek Harmon
Immediate Past President, B.S., Finance, UIUC, 1981
Carrie is a member of the National Honor Society, and will graduate in the top 25% of her class. Carrie was the Co-Captain of her school's Varsity tennis team (4 years), where she went on to State, placing third. Additionally she was both a district and regional tennis champion. The club extends its sincerest congratulations to Carrie and her family.
Photo legend, left to right: Judy Vacanti, Derek Harmon, Carrie Nie, Brad
Turner, Mark Ulrich
Scholarship Committee Members (2005-2006):
Derek Harmon
President ('04-'05), B.S., Finance, UIUC, 1981Mark Ulrich
Webmaster/Membership, B.S., Chemical Engineering, UIUC, 1980Larry Burns
Treasurer, B.S. & M.S., Architectural Studies, UIUC, 1974
Bryan is a member and officer (Vice President in charge of Service) of the Kingwood High School Chapter of the National Honor Society, and will graduate in the top 1% of his class. The club extends its sincerest honors to Bryan and his family.
From left: Mark Ulrich, Dan Adams, Derek Harmon,
and Bryan Walker.
Scholarship Committee Members
Mark Ulrich
Webmaster/Membership, B.S., Chemical Engineering, UIUC, 1980Bob Clayton
Former President, B.S., Commerce, UIUC, 1985Larry Burns
Treasurer, B.S. & M.S., Architectural Studies, UIUC, 1974Daniel Adams
Scholarship Committee Chairperson, D.M.A., UIUC, 1985
Note: On June 25, 2004 UIAA's Paula Havlik announced that Bryan Walker (UIAC of Houston's 2004-5 Scholarship Recipient) was selected as one of the two winners of the 2004 Julie Frichtl Memorial Scholarship Award!!
The Houston Illini Club is proud to announce that it has awarded its 2001 annual scholarship to Jonathan I-Hsin Wang, a graduate of William P. Clements High School in Sugar Land. Jonathan has enroled as a Freshman at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the fall of 2001.
Mr. Wang graduated High School in May, 2001 with a class rank of 18 out of 664 students. He was awarded second place in International Business by Future Business Leaders of America, 2001, and received a National Merit Commendation and an AP Scholar Award in 2000. He also received Clements High School Excellence Awards in 1998, 1999, and 2000. Mr. Wang has earned over 20 medals and trophies in Track and Field and in intra-school basketball games. He is a member of the Spanish National Honor Society and the National Honor Society, and he has volunteered over 120 hours for Youth Expanding Service. He has also performed volunteer work for the Houston International Festival, Adopt a Family, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and the March of Dimes. Mr. Wang has pursued Summer Studies at Stanford University (2000) and Johns Hopkins University (1998, 1999, and 2000).
The Houston Illini Club is proud of
Mr. Wang's achievements and wishes him well in his studies at the University of
Illinois.
Daniel Adams
Chair, Scholarship Committee D.M.A. 1985
The Houston Illini Club wants to make it easier for a Houston-area student to be a member of the university’s beloved marching band. Spurred by a comment by band director emeritus Gary Smith, board members of the Houston Illini Club unanimously voted to pay the costs for one Houston-area student to belong to the University of Illinois Marching Illini Band. Smith, keynote speaker at the club’s annual scholarship banquet in May, mentioned that each band member must bear the costs of joining the band—which currently amount to $670 a year.
The Marching Illini band leader will choose the Houston-area student to receive the award on the basis of academic achievement and commitment to the band.
The cost for an out-of-state student to attend Illinois ranges from $37,566 to $41,358, according to the university’s website. That figure includes tuition, room and board, and books, but not travel or personal expenses.
The recipient of this award from the Houston Illini Club will be announced this fall.
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Revised:
May 19, 2008