Students Receive Actuarial Science Awards

Twenty five Illinois State University students have been honored with actuarial science scholarships for the Fall 2009 semester.

Students named State Farm Scholars in Actuarial Science are Alexander Beruscha, freshman, Algonquin; Emily Byrnes, senior, Mount Horeb, Wis.; Thomas Lauren, senior, Mundelein; Benjamin Leifheit, freshman, Bloomington; Tyler Lueck, freshman, Macomb; Taylor Olson, freshman, Gridley; Jason Rohlfs, junior, Emden; Danielle Schumacher, freshman, Lemont and Joshua Steffes, freshman, Bloomington.

Students named Country Scholars in Actuarial Science are Sarah Bryant, senior, Litchfield; Benjamin Bussert, freshman, Marengo; Hannah Esker, sophomore, Effingham; Sebastian Grobe, sophomore, Normal; Katherine Jean, freshman, Rantoul; Andrew Kampwerth, freshman, Aviston; Gloria Mascote, sophomore, Streator; Matthew Olson, junior, Shorewood; Laura Pfeiffer, sophomore, Shelbyville; Christine Pflueger, senior, Red Bud and Katrina Williams, senior, Prophetstown.

D.W. Simpson Scholarship winners were Thomas Lauren, senior, Mundelein; Christine Pflueger, senior, Red Bud; Anthony Pragovich, senior, Homer Glen; with honorable mention going to Sarah Bryant, senior, Litchfield; Adam Camargo, senior, Chicago and Katrina Williams, senior, Prophetstown.

Anthony Pragovich, senior, Homer Glen, was named the Zurich Scholar in Actuarial Science.

Nicholas Sabella, freshman, Algonquin was awarded the Orlyn Edge Scholarship in Actuarial Science.

Dulce Torres, sophomore, Stone Park, received the Actuarial Diversity Scholarship.

The John Culver Wooddy Scholarship was awarded to Thomas Lauren, senior, Mundelein.

Jemiann Puno, freshman, Edelstein was honored with the State Farm Foundation Minority Scholarship.

Benjamin Leifheit, sophomore, Bloomington, received the State Farm Foundation Scholarship.

The State Farm Scholar in Actuarial Science awards, funded by the State Farm Foundation, and the Country Financial Scholar in Actuarial Science awards, are for students with a grade point average of 3.5 overall and 3.7 in the major and who place in the top 20 percent overall and top 5 percent in mathematics in national standardized tests.