The IEA honored its top scholars of the Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student program, at its Annual Meeting in May. Eight of the 21 scholars who were present for the meeting, the lodges they represent, the schools they will attend and their projected fields of student, front from left, are: Natalie Seaman, Beardstown 1007, Johns Hopkins, international affairs/relations; Ju Jing Chen, Chicago South 1596, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, computer and information science; and Shah Bhvya, Elmhurst 1531, University of Pennsylvania, biology. In back are: Rachel Aranyl,Chicago Northshore 1316, Indiana, global studies; Elisabeth Warden, Beardstown 1007, Illinois State, mathematics education; and Miriam Hoffman, Mendota 1212, Illinois Valley Community College, agricultural business and management. The 13 scholars not in attendance were: Ibraheem Khan, Des Plaines 1526, Harvard, international affairs/relations; Yvonne Rong, Chicago Northshore 1316, Stanford, biomedical engineering; Noa Choi, Chicago Northshore 1316, Cornell, astronautical engineering; Devyesh Satpathy, Wheaton 2258, Yale, computer science education; Tanner Allen, Pekin 1271, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, agricultural business and management; Samuel Beach, Fairfield 1631, Northwestern, economics; Jonathan Hoerner, Belleville 481, University of Chicago, biochemistry; Kyle Wong, Elgin 737, Stanford, engineering and energy; Robert Dawara, Chicago South 1596, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, undecided; Isabel Diersen, Brookfield 1510, Harvard, physics; Abigail Greene, Peoria 20, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, mathematics; Madelyn Walters, Galena 882, Northwestern, eonomics; and Tyler Collins, Chicago Northshore 1316, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, mechanical engineering.
