Academic Achievement Awarded to Kaissa Sakouvogui During Celebration of Excellence

2013 May 22

Illinois College recognized academic achievement during the third annual Celebration of Excellence on Friday, April 26. The daylong celebration allowed students and faculty to take part in activities that commend academic excellence, a hallmark of the college since its founding in 1829.

Students received many different awards and scholarships. Among those recognized during this day. Kaissa Sakouvogui of Beardstown received the following awards: the Charles and Dorothy Frank Travel Award and the Helen Grandcolas Foreign Travel Award.

The Celebration of Excellence featured more than 40 students presenting recent research efforts during presentations and poster sessions in various locations on campus. Presentation and poster subjects covered all areas of the liberal arts curriculum.

The Illinois College Department of Music Honors Recital was performed in Rammelkamp Chapel and a dessert reception concluded the Celebration of Excellence activities later that evening. The reception was a final opportunity to recognize various academic departmental honors.