Illinois State University announced 14 students were selected as Robert G. Bone Scholars for the 2023-2024 school year.
The Bone Scholarship, the highest university-wide honor given to undergraduate students, includes a monetary award of $3,300 from the Bone Scholarship endowment. Recipients of the award will be introduced during an October 1 luncheon and featured in a display at the Bone Student Center.
Named in honor of the late Robert G. Bone, president of Illinois State University from 1956-1967, Bone Scholars are selected through a rigorous campus-wide competition based on their scholarly achievements and their engagement and leadership in activities in the University community and beyond. Invited finalists submit a comprehensive portfolio including several essays and statements, an academic product, and letters of recommendation. The mean grade point average of this year’s Bone Scholars is 3.98 on a 4.0 scale.
Honorees include:
Alize Benitez, early childhood education major from Chicago
Madison Cosman, biological sciences teacher education major from Hoffman Estates
Genevieve Fritz, history/social sciences teacher education major from Fox Lake
Daniela Grgas, business education and organizational leaership major from Bloomington and Henderson, Nevada
LT Hodges, specialist in low vision blindness major from Mahomet
Kate Kostrub, managerial economics major from Champaign
Megan Lowe, sociology and politics and government major from Lake in the Hills
Emma Martin, mathematics/accelerated major from Lombard
Rachel Patterson, nursing major from Waterloo
William Restis, philosophy major from Richmond
Naomi Satoh, physics teacher education major from Schaumburg
Michael Severino, secondary mathematics education from Lombard
Kirsten Townander, music performance, music education, and music composition major from Libertyville
Shariq Zaman, biochemistry major from Bloomington
The selection committee consisted of Antonio Causarano, Ashley Farmer, Gary Hunter, Kee-Yoon Nahm, Michele Shropshire, and Charles Su of the Illinois State faculty; current Bone Scholar Ethan Oliver; Foundation Association representative Dan Kelley; and Alumni Association representative Brent Scholl.
