Winner will be announced in December
(GREENSBURG, Ind.) – The Decatur County Community Foundation has announced the five finalists for the Lilly Endowment Scholarship.
The finalists are Savannah Danforth, Christopher Mains and Chase Tekulve from Greensburg Community High School; Cooper Parmer from North Decatur High School; and Makayla Somers from South Decatur.
They were selected from 50 applicants and students were selected based on essay scores, community involvement, school activities, and work experience.
“These five students recently completed the last phase of the selection process. This round of judging was also anonymous and was scored by a third set of new evaluators. During this step, each finalist prepared an oral presentation on a topic of their choice. Students also answered a series of impromptu interview questions,” said DCCF marketing manager Jenni Hanna.
Scores from all three rounds of evaluations are now sent to the Independent Colleges of Indiana to formally determine a winner. The top student will receive full tuition to the Indiana school of his or her choice, along with a $900 book stipend. The four remaining semi-finalists will receive a $5,000 DCCF Community Scholarship. The Decatur County recipient should be announced in December.
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