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85 CYC alums attend 31 colleges and universities in Fall 2009 with CYC-generated scholarships
This year a total of 85 CYC alums are attending 31 colleges and universities with the help of CYC generated scholarships.
| Scholarship Recipients Academic Year 2009 - 2010 | ||||||
| Student | Center | High School | College | College/Career Goals | ||
| The Corvino College Scholarship | ||||||
| Marvelas L. Hare | West Area | Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Sopho- more | Dreams of being an engineer | |
| Sidney Epstein Founder's Scholarship | ||||||
| Michelle Howard | EDYC | Wendel Phillips Academy High School | Richard J. Daley College | Fresh- man | Wants to work in sports management and wants to be a girls basketball coach to help them build self-esteem | |
| Cynthia Padilla | Centro Nuestro | North Grand High School | Wilbur Wright College | Fresh- man | Wants to be a teacher; feels like she was meant to be with kids | |
| Bill and Mary Louise Hendrickson Scholarship | ||||||
| Joanna Arellano | West Area | Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Junior | Pursuing a degree in Special Education and wants to pursue a graduate degree in Public/Population Health | |
| Deonte Harris | West Area | Lane Tech High School | The University of Wisconsin-Madison | Junior | Majoring in Music Composition and wants to be a Music Producer/Composer | |
| HSBC-North America Scholarships | ||||||
| Nicholas Bikos | Fellowship | De La Salle Institute | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Junior | Majoring in electical engineering, interested in specializing in the networking and communication of electical engineering | |
| Magali Catalán | Fellowship | Curie Metropolitan High School | Northeastern Illinois University | Junior | Wants to be a teacher | |
| Brittany Darrough | West Area | George W Collins High School | DePaul University | Junior | Double majoring in Political Science and Sociology. Interested in becoming a lawyer or teacher | |
| Jamilah Doyle | Crown | Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy | Richard J. Daley College | Junior | Wants to be a nurse | |
| Latoya Jones | EDYC | Hyde Park Academy High School | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Fresh- man | Wants to work in a health profession | |
| British Lassiter | Fellowship | De La Salle Institute | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Junior | Interested in Kinesiology and Community Health and may want to go into nursing or Health and Business Administration | |
| Perla Perez | Centro Nuestro | Mirta Ramirez Computer Science Charter School | Washburne Culinary Institute of Kennedy-King College | Sopho- more | Wants to be a restaurant chef and eventually own her own restaurant | |
| Bianca Spratt | EDYC | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory High School | Illinois Wesleyan University | Junior | Majoring in Sociology and has interests in children, counseling, and sports | |
| Alexis Ware | Fellowship | De La Salle Institute | Saint Xavier University | Junior | Wants to attend law school and wants to be a district state's attorney and then a judge | |
| Jenae Winters | Fellowship | De La Salle Institute | DePaul University | Junior | Majoring in English and wants to get into entertainment or corporate law; taking test prep courses for the LSAT | |
| Paul Small Scholarships | ||||||
| Michael Gunartt | West Area | Manley Career Academy High School | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Fresh- man | Wants to major in Business and Administration and wants to go on to Culinary school and open his own restaurant | |
| Stroup-NIU CYC Student Support Program | ||||||
| Ahmed Akande ** | EDYC | Sullivan High School | Northern Illinois University | Sopho- more | Wants to major in Political Science and wants to be a lawyer | |
| Arturo Fernandez | Fellowship | Mooseheart High School | Northern Illinois University | Junior | Majoring in Biology and wants to go into pharmaceuticals or general health care | |
| Kourtney Hicks | Crown | Hillcrest High School | Northern Illinois University | Fresh- man | Wants to major in Accounting and become a CPA and/or seek an MBA in Finance | |
| Courtney Johnson | Crown | South Shore High School | Northern Illinois University | Senior | Majoring in Human Resource Management and wants to be an HR Manager | |
| Taylor-NIU CYC Student Support Program | ||||||
| Christopher Harris | West Area | Lane Tech High School | Northern Illinois University | Junior | Majoring in Business Administration | |
| Mechellé Lawrence | EDYC | Harlan Community Academy High School | Northern Illinois University | Sopho- more | Plans to major in Nursing and minor in Criminal Justice | |
| Delorian Marshall | Crown | Orr Academy High School | Northern Illinois University | Fresh- man | Wants to major in Communications and minor in Business | |
| Shante Marshall | Crown | South Shore High School | Northern Illinois University | Senior | Major is Sociology and wants to work in the social work field working as program assistance for inner-city youth | |
| Wisniewski Scholarships | ||||||
| Sheila Concepcion | Centro Nuestro | Edwin G Foreman High School | Northeastern Illinois University | Sopho- more | Interested in graphic design | |
| Jasmin Dominguez | Centro Nuesto | Mirta Ramirez Computer Science Charter School | Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago | Junior | Majoring in visual communications | |
| Xavier Horton** | EDYC | Walter H. Dyett High School | Tuskegee University | Fresh- man | Wants to major in Graphic Design to become a game designer | |
| Arleys Jimenez | Centro Nuesto | Mirta Ramirez Computer Science Charter School | The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago | Junior | Wants to become an animator | |
| Dwayne Moore* | Centro Nuesto | Charles Allen Prosser Career Academy | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Junior | Plans on being an architect | |
| Jasmene Valentine | EDYC | Walter H. Dyett High School | Eastern Illinois University | Fresh- man | Plans to major in Illustration or Graphic Art and minor in Cultural Studies | |
| ITW-Watson Scholarship | ||||||
| Donza Davis | EDYC | Wendel Phillips Academy High School | Northeastern Illinois University | Fresh- man | Has an interest in entering the medical field | |
| Margaret Gonzalez | Centro Nuesto | Josephinum Academy | University of Illinois at Chicago | Fresh- man | Wants to major in Pharamacy | |
| Jamashia Harvey | West Area | George W Collins High School | Chicago State University | Fresh- man | Wants to enter the medical field, maybe as a pediatrician | |
| Katrina Haywood | EDYC | John Hope College Prep | Jackson State University | Fresh- man | Wants to become an actress, singer, or computer technician | |
| Cynthia Padilla | Centro Nuestro | North Grand High School | Wilbur Wright College | Fresh- man | Wants to be a teacher and feels like she was meant to be with kids | |
| Rosa Quezada | Centro Nuestro | Schurz High School | Truman State University | Fresh- man | Wants to go into Culinary Arts | |
| Adekolah Rascoe | EDYC | John Hope College Prep | Jackson State University | Fresh- man | Studying Chemistry at the School of Science & Technology | |
| Jazmyne Rollins | Crown | Seton Academy | Morgan State University | Fresh- man | Interested in teaching | |
| CYC | ||||||
| Lynn Bailey | West Area | George W Collins High School | Malcolm X College (transferred from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) | Junior | Wants to work in the sports industry as a certified accountant | |
| Barron Brown | Crown | Hyde Park Academy High School | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | Senior | Wants to go into law enforcement | |
| Shaquita Brown | West Area | Michele Clark Academic Preparatory Magnet High School | University of Illinois at Chicago (transferred from Harold Washington College from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) | Junior | Wants to become a pediatrician | |
| Reginald Chambliss | EDYC | Paul Laurence Dunbar Vocational Career Academy | Northern Illinois University | Sopho- more | Majoring in Kinesiology to be a personal trainer/teacher | |
| Cornelius Charles | West Area | Manley Career Academy High School | Purdue University Calumet | Sopho- more | Major will be Business Management so that he can open his own business | |
| Jonta Clark | West Area | Curie Metropolitan High School | Valparaiso University | Junior | Wants to work with children in hospitals/clinics in community | |
| Ashley Davis* | EDYC | Paul Laurence Dunbar Vocational Career Academy | Northern Illinois University | Sopho- more | Wants to major in education, minor in dance, and wants to become a teacher | |
| Dominque Ganier | Crown | Morgan Park High School | Western Illinois University | Senior | Degree in Construction Management, wants to own own company | |
| Keith Haywood | EDYC | Simeon Career Academy | Kennedy-King College | Sopho- more | Wants to become a police officer | |
| Jessica Holloway | Fellowship | De La Salle Institute | University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities | Senior | Majoring in Sociology specifying in law, criminology, and deviance, with a minor in African American/African Studies. Wants to get a Master's in Education | |
| Chantell Johnson | Crown | Paul Laurence Dunbar Vocational Career Academy | Carleton College | Senior | Wants to be a teacher for Teach for America and wants eventually to become a professor at a college or university | |
| Courtney Johnson | Crown | South Shore High School | Northern Illinois University | Senior | Majoring in Human Resource Management and wants to be an HR Manager | |
| Shante Marshall | Crown | South Shore High School | Northern Illinois University | Senior | Major is Sociology and wants to work in the social work field working as program assistance for inner-city youth | |
| Jessica Merritt | EDYC | Wendel Phillips Academy High School | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | Senior | Wants to enter the entertainment field, maybe as an entertainment lawyer | |
| Daniel Owens | Crown | Carver Military Academy | Washburne Culinary Institute of Kennedy-King College | Sopho- more | Wants to be a chef | |
| Jeremiah Owens | Crown | Hyde Park Academy High School | Lane College | Senior | Majoring in Criminal Justice and wants to enter field of U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement | |
| Shimika Rucker | Crown | Rodney D. Joslin Campus | Grambling State University | Sopho- more | Plans to get a degree in Early Childhood Education | |
| Brittany Scott | EDYC | Walter H. Dyett High School | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Sopho- more | Major is undecided, but has taken classes in Animal Science and Psychology | |
| Kaci Stewart | West Area | Providence St. Mel School | Fisk University | Senior | Majoring in English Literature with a minor in Women Studies | |
| Bradley Thomas | Crown | Morgan Park High School | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Senior | Plans to graduate with a degree in Urban and Regional Planning and interested in a career in government | |
| Brittany Thomas | EDYC | Paul Laurence Dunbar Vocational Career Academy | Chicago State University | Senior | Majoring in Early Childhood Education and wants to work in child care | |
| Shannon Yerger | EDYC | Hales Franciscan High School | Chicago State University (transferred from Moraine Valley Community College) | Junior | Majoring in psychology and wants to work with kids | |
| Arrinnie Young | EDYC | Wendel Phillips Academy High School | Harold Washington Community College | Sopho- more | Wants to get a degree in social work | |
| Francis Beidler III and Prudence R. Beidler Family Scholarship | ||||||
| Bianca Gay | EDYC | Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Sopho- more | Plans on declaring a major in Urban and Regional Planning and wants her career to involve community service and traveling abroad | |
| Artesia Strong | Crown | South Shore High School | East-West University (transferred from Jackson State University) | Junior | Pursing a career as a registered nurse | |