The Waubonsee Community College Foundation presented 14 students with the John J. Swalec, Jr. President’s Achievement Award. The students were chosen for this award from a pool of 175 qualified applicants. Individual interviews were conducted on March 7 by a panel of five judges made up of community and business leaders.
The awardees are (in alphabetical order):
- Julie Ballard of Sugar Grove
- Dawson Diederich of Yorkville
- Nickolaos Georgis of Aurora
- Sara Janito of Oswego
- Stephanie Kaegebein of Montgomery
- Irely Lopez of Aurora
- Esmeralda Lucero of Aurora
- Thomas Martino of Yorkville
- Christina McFall of Oswego
- Remy Migisha of Mooseheart
- Emmanuel Noufele of Aurora
- Melody Palencia of Aurora
- Isabel Perez-Correa of Aurora
- Ariana Ugalde of Montgomery
The John J. Swalec, Jr. President’s Achievement Awards program is an effort to identify and reward individual student achievement and to honor those individuals who have overcome obstacles on their way to achieving their educational goals. These awards are given to help them attain those goals.
Waubonsee thanks the community leaders who volunteered their time to conduct the interviews and select this years’ awardees. They are (in alphabetical order):
- Mr. Ron Brown; Director of Education and Training, Smith & Richardson, Inc.
- Dr. Michele Glasgow; Managing Partner, Midwest Orthopaedic Institute
- Mr. Keith Kinsey; Chief Executive Officer, Portillo’s Hot Dogs, LLC
- Mr. Matthew Miller; Senior Vice President, Aurora Bank & Trust
- Mr. Rich Wagner; President, Team Tech Moldings
