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		|  |  |  | The Illinois Club draws its membership from all areas of the University 
and the surrounding community. Since 1915, The Illinois Club has provided financial support 
to worthy undergraduate students. This year, we will be awarding the following scholarships:
 
Global Focus Scholarship AwardHumanities and Social Sciences Scholarship AwardEngineering and Science Scholarship AwardIsabelle Purnell Education Scholarship AwardThe Judith Life Ikenberry Creative Arts Scholarship Award Scholarship DescriptionsGlobal Focus Scholarship AwardOpen to students with any major. This award honors Peri Ceperley, 
a dear friend who left us too soon. Peri loved traveling, 
studying foreign languages, and exploring internships 
and volunteering opportunities abroad. Applicants must share 
those interests in international experiences and/or have 
an internationally focused program of study. Applicants must demonstrate 
how their internationally focused work and/or volunteer plans 
will make a difference in the world.
 
 Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship Award
 Open to students majoring or minoring in the Humanities 
or Social Sciences. Applicants must demonstrate the benefits 
that studying the Humanities or the Social Sciences provides 
to themselves and their community. Majors/minors that may apply 
for the Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship Award include English; 
Philosophy; Religion; Comparative Literature; Cinema Studies; 
History; Classics; Art History; Communication; Psychology; 
Anthropology; Musicology; Agricultural Leadership, Education, 
and Communication; Human Development and Family Studies; 
Agricultural and Consumer Economics; all foreign languages; 
all ethnic studies; all Business majors and minors; 
and undergraduates in the I-School.
 
 Engineering and Science Scholarship Award
 Open to students majoring or minoring in the STEM fields, 
including Animal Sciences, Crop Sciences, and 
Computer Science + Crop Science. Applicants must demonstrate 
the benefits that studying Science, Mathematics, Technology, 
Engineering, or Agricultural Sciences provides 
to themselves and their community.
 
 Isabelle Purnell Education Scholarship Award
 Open to students earning a Secondary Education Certificate 
or College of Education majors. Applicants must demonstrate 
how they hope to make a difference in the classroom 
and in students' lives.
 
 Judith Life Ikenberry Scholarship Award
 Open to students majoring in the creative arts. 
Applicants must demonstrate how their art impacts 
their lives and the world and what they hope to accomplish 
with their art. The Ikenberry scholarship is generally 
given to a student who plans to make a living as 
a working artist, performer, or writer (e.g., painter, 
sculptor, musician, composer, dancer, actor, novelist, 
playwright, poet, screenwriter, essayist, 
or other creative profession).
 
 
 General EligibilityThe Illinois Club is offering undergraduate scholarships that will be awarded 
for the 2026-2027 academic year. 
You must be an undergraduate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 
have earned at least 60 credit hours by the beginning of the Spring 2026 semester, 
and graduate no earlier than December 2026. A minimum GPA of 3.0 at both 
the time of application and winning of award is also required.Applications Open: Tuesday September 2, 2025To apply for these scholarships, please complete the application atApplication Deadline: 5pm on Saturday, October 11, 2025
go.illinois.edu/TheIllinoisClubScholarshipApplication
 
 Note: Applications will NOT be accepted after the deadline. 
It is strongly recommended that you allow yourself adequate time to
navigate the application, upload your documents, 
and communicate your questions to the Committee 
well in advance of the final hour.
 Scholarship Committee for 2025-2026Scholarship Chair: Kathy ValdésScholarship Committee: Emily Klose, Wayne Davis, Carolina Rocha
 
 If interested in helping us with this important work, 
please contact 
Kathy Valdés, 
the Chair of the Scholarship Committee, at
scholarship@theillinoisclub.org.
 
 The Scholarship Committee and our  Scholarship Winners for 2023-2024  
 
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