Bone Scholars Named for 2011-2012

Fifteen students at Illinois State University have been chosen as Robert G. Bone Scholars for the 2011-2012 school year. That announcement was made by Kim Pereira, director of the Honors Program.

The Bone Scholarship, the highest university-wide honor given to undergraduate students, includes a monetary award from the Bone Scholarship endowment.  Pictures of the recipients are displayed in the Bone Student Center and their names are engraved on a plaque displayed permanently there.  The 15 new Scholars will be introduced to university administrators, the selection committee, and to current and alumni Bone Scholars during a Sept. 11 luncheon.  They will also be recognized at the University's Scholarship Awards Ceremony in November.

The scholarship is named in honor of the late Robert G. Bone, president of Illinois State University from 1956 to 1967.  Bone Scholars are selected through a rigorous campus-wide competition on the basis of their scholarly achievements and their engagement and leadership in activities in the university community and beyond.  Invited finalists submit a comprehensive portfolio including several essays and statements, a project, and five letters of recommendation.  The mean grade point average of this year's Bone Scholars is 3.97 on a 4.0 scale.

The selection committee consisted of Illinois State faculty members Myoung Jin Kim, Katherine Lewis, George Peterson-Karlan, Renee Tobin, Kerry Tudor, and Carson Varner; current Bone Scholar Simone Runyon; Foundation Association representative Marc Bulandr; Bone Scholarship alumna Janet Moore and Alumni Association representative Marty Vanags.