Illinois Community College System Foundation

It was an honor for the Foundation to present the Roy Harris Scholarship last week to five Carbondale Illinois High School Seniors who will be attending John A. Logan Community College this fall.
The history of this scholarship dates back to 2009 when Roy and Joanne Harris gave a significant sum of money to the foundation for the scholarship. Roy Harris is 94 years old now and living in Colorado. He is one of the finest gentleman alive and his desire to help young people succeed is overwhelming. This scholarship that he established has helped out many students over the past 15 years. We also have a teacher education scholarship in honor of his wife Joanne.
The five individuals below each received $1500 awards.
Co-President Dr. Barry Hancock presented the awards to these five Carbondale High School Seniors. From left to right in the picture is; Macy Munoz, Amelia Heath, Highlie Drue, Ian DePalma, Dr. Hancock. (Te'lla Scott was not present)
In addition, a USS John A. Bole Scholarship was awarded to Mikayden Green. Dr. Ray Hancock, a former sailor on the Bole, presented this award. The USS John A. Bole was a United States Destroyer and was commissioned in early 1945 and served in combat roles in World War II, the Korean war, the Cold War (Formosa patrol), and Vietnam until it was leased to Taiwan in 1970. The Bole association is made up of thousands of sailors who served on this great warship. Funds for this scholarship are donations from that group of sailors. Many of those sailors are now deceased and the association decided to pass along what was left in their treasury to the ICCSF for scholarships to young people entering the Navy/Military and who will be attending a community college!

Thanks to the Illinois Community College Trustee Association for sending this announcement. Congratulations to all the nominees!

In celebration of this April, we are proud to recognize the many success stories that begin at Illinois community colleges and the outstanding individuals who go on to make a lasting impact.

The Illinois Community College Trustees Association's OUTSTANDING ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER AWARD recognizes the high achievement of Illinois’ part-time community college instructors.

Congratulations to the 2026 Nominees!

Sherry Maurer - Black Hawk College

Becky Echelberger - Carl Sandburg College

Amy Washko - College of DuPage

Carlotta Conley - College of Lake County

Jeanne Anderson - Elgin Community College

Mary Horstman - Harper College

Sonja Workman - Heartland Community College

M'Kenzee Smith - Illinois Valley Community College

David Shaw - Joliet Junior College

Jennifer Roberts - Kishwaukee College

Jackie Cooper - Lewis & Clark Community College

Jon Churchill - Lincoln Land Community College

Ashley Givhens - Malcom X College

Olivia Ridge - McHenry County College

Paul Ross Thomas - Morton College

Michael Doocy - Oakton College

Jeremy Jang - Parkland College

Ralph Moore - Prairie State College

Garrick McConnell - Rend Lake College

Jennifer Thompson - Rock Valley College

Elisa Gatz - Sauk Valley Community College

Brianne Foster - Southwestern Illinois College

Magdalena Kruszynska-Piper - Triton College

Audrey Farrell - Waubonsee Community College

The recipient of the award will be announced at ICCTA's June 5 awards banquet in Lombard.

The Illinois Community College System Foundation enjoys supporting scholarships that help students who are attending our 48 community colleges in Illinois! Foundation Co-President Dr. Barry Hancock recently attended the Illinois Community College Trustees (ICCTA) annual conference and participated in the awarding of both the Gregg Chadwick Student Service Scholarship established by the ICCTA. In the pic below Ella Brownlee receives the award from (left to right) Patricia Joan Murphy, ICCTA President; Robyn Walters, widow of Gregg Chadwick; Brownlee; and Hancock. Click below for more information about the scholarship the ICCSF supports.
https://www.heartland.edu/news/2025/6.2025BrownleeChadwickServiceAward060725.html