October Report Card


Scholarship Chicago Report Card Volume 1, Issue 1
October 2005

Greetings! Welcome to Scholarship Chicago's eReport Card! Scholarship Chicago is dedicated to improving the college graduation rates of underserved youth. As one of the largest privately funded college scholarship organizations based in Chicago, we have supported over 1,000 college-bound scholars since 1996 through two scholarship programs – Chicago Scholars and College Bound. We work with every public, private and parochial high school in Chicago to celebrate success through education.

We invite you to spend a few minutes to learn about our talented young scholars and the work we do to Build Community, One Scholar at a Time!

in this issue
  • Speakers Inspire Students
  • The College Adventure Begins
  • Chicago Business Leaders Work for Students
  • Scholarship Chicago President delivers testimony to the Governor’s Task Force on Educational Excellence
  • College Bound Scholar Logs In...

  • The College Adventure Begins
    CB Class of 2010

    The official kick-off of the College Bound program begins in August as our senior high school scholars begin their college adventure with a 4-day trip to a college campus.


    Chicago Business Leaders Work for Students
    Obi Henderson

    “I am writing to you to express my complete satisfaction with both your organization and the summer intern we had the pleasure of employing this year,” wrote Field Director, Tony Lopez, from Survey Center Marketing Research, one of more than 20 companies that partnered with Scholarship Chicago this summer to provide internships to scholars.


    Scholarship Chicago President delivers testimony to the Governor’s Task Force on Educational Excellence

    Scholarship Chicago President, Karen G. Foley, recently presented testimony to the Task Force on Educational Excellence created by Governor Blagojevich and chaired by former Chicago Public Schools Board president, Gery Chico.


    College Bound Scholar Logs In...
    Evelyn Rodriguez

    We want to share a letter from one of our College Bound students, Evelyn Rodriquez, who is returning to Marquette University this year as a sophomore Resident Advisor. Normally we would not reprint a long letter, but this one touched us deeply.

    "Like many other freshman entering their first year of college, I was apprehensive and nervous about the journey that I was going to embark upon..."


    Speakers Inspire Students
    Ed Fernandez

    Telemundo’s Vice President & General Manager, Eduardo Fernandez, delivers keynote presentation at Scholarship Chicago's 9th Annual Awards Ceremony.

    Read more...



    Hi, my name is Mykicha Smith. I am a College Bound scholar, a graduate of Providence-St. Mel and a recent graduate from Northeastern Illinois University. I’m here tonight to share my personal story with you.

    Read more...

    Summer Internship Partners...

    American Express Tax & Business Services

    American Heart Association

    Blitt & Gaines

    Centrum Properties

    Chicago Public Schools

    College Summit

    Goldberg Kohn

    Jewish Community of Chicago

    Leo J. Shapiro & Associates

    Mesirow Financial

    The Northern Trust Company

    Nuveen Investments

    Ocken Photography

    DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary

    South Shore Bank

    UBS

    University of Chicago Medical Center

    Winston & Strawn LLP

    YMCA



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