2024 James Scholar Senior Recommendations

The graduating seniors in the James Scholar Honors Program leave us with some memories and advice

1. James Scholar Class of 2024 Vanessa Aguilar, IHLT Gap year then dental school Mariam Ajeigbe Leena Ali Julia Anodenko, SHS Master’s program in SLP, UIUC Angela Anum Amber Bou, IHLT Master’s program in nursing Jayna Burger, KIN Gap year then medical school Emily Butryn

2. James Scholar Class of 2024 Emily Catsaros, KIN Graduate program for PT, Mayo Clinic Natalya Cheema, IHLT, Gap year as medical assistant then medical school Madelynn Cichocki, SHS Gap year then Master’s of Nursing program Lauren Couri, CHLH MHA program, Univ. of N. Carolina-Chapel Hill James Cuevas Alexandria DeVinney, CHLH MHA program, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago Alicia Diol Moudar Dweydari

3. James Scholar Class of 2024 Maya Dye, SHS, Master’s program in SLP, UIUC Stella Emezue, IHLT, BS-MPH program, UIUC Kaitlyn Ewald Jennifer Girard Maya Gregoire Elizabeth Gremer, SHS, Master’s program in SLP, UIUC Samaria Harris, KIN, BS-MPH program, UIUC Sydney Hartwig Janaina Herrera

4. James Scholar Class of 2024 Brenna Hurtado Sonali Jain, IHLT, Dental school, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Nelson Jimenez, CHLH, Law school, Univ. of Notre Dame Abigail Keasler Grace Kim Parker Knippa, CHLH, MPH program, UIUC Katherine Kondelis, IHLT, Law school, Washington University Victoria Kopko

5. James Scholar Class of 2024 Dylan Kosh, RST, Master’s program in RST, UIUC Olivia Kosla Lauren Kruchten Olivia Kuhl, SHS, Master’s program in SLP, UIUC Madison Lamphear Emily Leon, SHS, Master’s program in SLP, UIUC Emma Lorentzen, SHS, Master’s program in SLP, Elmhurst University Briana Luna, KIN, Physician Assistant program

6. James Scholar Class of 2024 Sandra Marquez Madison Mattingly Gary Mei Emma Mueller, SHS, Master’s program in SLP, Univ. of Iowa Drake Niles-Cox, IHLT, Gap year then medical school Rose O'Grady Favour Ojerinde, CHLH, BS-MPH program, UIUC Makayla Owens

7. James Scholar Class of 2024 Allison Page, IHLT, Gap year then Physician Assistant program Holly Panfil, SHS, MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders program Penn State Solomiya Pasternak Aditi Patel Anjali Patel Jina Patel, KIN, DPT program, Washington University Kathryn Petersen, KIN, DPT program, Northeastern University Tammara Quevedo, KIN, Master’s in Prosthetics and Orthotics, Northwestern University

8. James Scholar Class of 2024 Matthew Rodi Camryn Rodrigues Emily Rodriguez, CHLH, BS-MPH program, UIUC Isabel Roman Brielle Ross Madison Russel, SHS, MS in Communication Science, EIU Natalia Rzepa, SHS, Master’s program in SLP Rahil Sadruddin, KIN, Gap year then medical school

9. James Scholar Class of 2024 Sabeen Sadruddin Mackenzie Schuler, IHLT, Dental program, Kansas City University Kristina Serrano Madeline Shannon Colleen Shea, SHS, Master’s program in SLP Sara Siddiqui, SHS, AuD program, Northwestern University Brianna Sirdich Emily Springer

10. James Scholar Class of 2024 Lauren Stec, SHS, AuD program, UIUC Eldrick Surheyao Regan Toole, CHLH, Major Giving Philanthropy Coordinator, Northwestern Medicine Artur Trela Meghan Vanasco, IHLT, Gap year then Physician Assistant program Taski Velasquez Perez Julia Vexelman Avery Waner

11. James Scholar Class of 2024 Sydney White, SHS, Master’s program in SLP, UIUC Sarena Yeung, IHLT, Physician Assistant program, Medical University of South Carolina Kelly Yu, CHLH, Medical Scribe, Oak Street Health Jennifer Zhao, IHLT, Medical school