Scholarship Recipients
Connor is our first grantee from Illinois. He was diagnosed with a severe to profound bilateral hearing loss at age 1, and was mainstreamed in his local public schools. He did very well there, including in high school where, despite taking a challenging curriculum, he maintained a stellar grade point average. During his high school years, Connor was involved in numerous activities. Some of these include his involvement in the Boy Scouts (including as Assistant Patrol Leader), volunteering at his local Humane Society for several years, playing tennis for his high school as well as teaching tennis for the local park district, and being a member of his high school's Psychology club. His letters of recommendation lauded him both for his scholastic accomplishments as well as for the high quality person he is.
Connor will be attending his dream school, the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was accepted to the Honors program. He plans to major in either computers or Psychology, with the goal of becoming a videogame designer or programmer.