Four Urbana High School Students will be recognized as “Living The Dream” Scholarship recipients at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Countywide Celebration on January 14:
- Hudson Coady (Willie Summerville Memorial Award for Excellence in the Arts)
- Katherine Halbig
- Nourseen Ismail
- Lorelie Yau
Every year several high school seniors from Champaign County receive this scholarship. The recipients are chosen based on their scholarship application, financial need and a personal essay explaining their commitment to living the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Advocacy for Justice Committee Inc. is a community-wide committee formed to enact Dr. King’s vision for unity. The committee’s primary focus is to impact the lives of future college students who embody Dr. King’s work. Each year the committee selects King Scholars from a pool of local high school seniors and awards them with a “Living the Dream” scholarship to use at a college of their choice. This scholarship is renewable for up to four years.
For more information on the scholarship program visit: https://www.mlkcu.com/