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Holbrook Awarded Centennial Honors Scholarship

March 21, 2019

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MACOMB, IL – High school senior Taylor Holbrook, of East Alton, IL, has been selected for Western Illinois University's Centennial Honors Scholarship, which awards $10,000 per year to academically high-achieving students.

High school students with an ACT score of 30 or higher (or SAT equivalent of 1360), and a grade point average of 3.0 or higher, are eligible for the scholarship.

Holbrook plans to be a biochemistry major.

"WIU has the education opportunities I was looking for in a university," said Holbrook. "I'm looking forward to working with professors and conducting research in my field while I'm at WIU."

After graduation, Ward intends to pursue a career in healthcare science.

For more information about the Centennial Honors Scholarship, contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at (309) 298-3100.

Additional scholarship opportunities can be found by visiting wiu.edu/scholarship.

Posted By: Kayla M. Harrington (WIUnews@wiu.edu)
Office of University Communications & Marketing