AUSTIN BANK & LORETTO HOSPITAL PRESENT ELEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS

            For the 22nd consecutive year, Austin Bank of Chicago awarded six $1,200 scholarships to outstanding local high school graduates accepted to colleges and universities in the fall. This expands the total amount of money given by Austin Bank to more than $100,000 over the more than two decades of the program. This was the seventh year that ABC Bank was joined by Loretto Hospital and its sponsoring corporation, Renaissance Hospital Management, Inc., in awarding five additional $1,000 scholarships to students planning to pursue careers in healthcare and medicine. This brings the total combined dollar amount of scholarships awarded this year by ABC Bank and Loretto Hospital to $12,200. Recipients of Austin Bank scholarships this year are: 

 • Teara Johnson, graduate of Austin Career Education Center, attending Malcolm X College to study Nursing. 

 • Imani Marshall, graduate of Whitney Young High School, attending Amherst College, with her career goals undetermined. 

 • Kameron Kimbrough, graduate of Providence-St. Mel High School, attending Alabama State University to study Business Management. 

 • Felicia Shaw, graduate of Providence-St. Mel High School, attending Vanderbilt University to study Political Science to pursue a career in Law. 

• Precious Worsham, graduate of North Lawndale College Prep, attending Northern Illinois University to study Nursing. 

• Jamal Warren, graduate of Roberto Clemente High School, attending Northern Illinois University to study Business with a career goal of becoming an Accountant. Recipients of $1,000 scholarships from Loretto Hospital are: 

• Ragine Gibbs, graduate of Michele Clark High School, attending Concordia University to study Nursing. 

• Carnell P. McCoy, graduate of Michele Clark High School, attending Morehouse College to study Biology with a goal of becoming a Pediatrician. 

 • Latosha Hogan, graduate of Michele Clark High School, attending North Park University to major in Pre-Med with a goal of becoming an Emergency Room Physician. 

• Iesha Wright, graduate of Michele Clark High School, attending Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville to major in Nursing. 

• Dessiree Malone, graduate of Michele Clark High School, attending the University of Illinois-Urbana to major in Anthropology/Pre-Med with a goal of becoming a Physician.