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Kimmel scholarship winners named

Alestle Staff Report

Amy Hellrung and Kathryn Rathert will be awarded the Carol Kimmel Scholarship at the annual Kimmel Leadership Awards Banquet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in the Meridian Ballroom of the Morris University Center.

The Kimmel Scholarship, established in 1990, includes a year's tuition and a plaque. It is awarded to students who exhibit leadership ability and volunteer their time.

Hellrung, a junior, was president of the Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society, was vice president of the SIUE Pre-Dental Association, participated in the March of Dimes, has volunteered her time as a math tutor and traveled to Mexico during the Christian Medical and Dental Association's mission.

Rathert, also a junior, is president of Phi Eta Sigma and SIUE's Women's Volleyball Club. She has volunteered as a volleyball coach at Edwardsville's Trinity Lutheran School and organized bell ringers for the Salvation Army.

Six Southwestern Illinois residents will receive Kimmel Community Service Awards at the banquet for serving in or contributing to local volunteer services. The community service awards are given for contributions to education, environmental and civic improvement, regional leadership, agency or organizational concerns, special populations, and social service or welfare.

Felicia Copeland, of Belleville, will receive the special populations award. Otis Cowan, of Edwardsville, will get the regional leadership award, and Philip Goodwin, of O'Fallon, will receive the social service/social welfare award. Richard Lickfield, of Smithton, will receive the award in the education category posthumously. He died Oct. 22. Lori Stathis, also of Belleville, will get the agency/organizational concerns award, and Fern Watts, of East St. Louis, will receive the environmental and civic betterment award.

Tickets for the banquet are $25 per person. For more information, contact the SIUE Office of Conferences and Institutes at 650-2660. St. Louis residents can call toll-free at (888)328-5168, ext. 2660.