COD Celebrates 2023 Fall Scholars Award Recipients

By: Jen Duda

students signing awards on stage

College of DuPage has announced approximately 100 incoming students as Scholars Award recipients for fall 2023.

The awards fall into three categories:

  • Presidential, a 64-semester hour full-tuition scholarship
  • Board of Trustees, which is $2,500 per year
  • Deans, which is $1,000 per year

A recent event celebrated the achievements of the scholars and their decisions to attend COD.

View Photos From the Event

“The College’s merit-based scholarship program for high school students provides significant financial assistance to high-achieving students beginning their college careers,” said COD President Dr. Brian Caputo. “It is a pleasure to welcome this latest class of scholars and their families to campus and I look forward to seeing them at COD this fall.”

Fall 2023 Presidential Scholars

  • Fariha Ahmed
  • August Tobin Allington
  • Grayson Nikodem Arendt
  • Uriel Arriaga Sanchez
  • Dominic Ramon Aviles
  • Tamara Patricia Bajek
  • Ana R. Bashqawi
  • Aden Batool
  • Janna Danielle Braga
  • Angie Grace Burchinal-Imai
  • Aryan Cadena, Samantha Callen
  • Elliah Grace Chamberlain
  • Andrew Cimbalista
  • Peter Henry Cook
  • Olivia Victoria Marina Craff-Bedoya
  • Jose Emilio Cuevas
  • Naomi R. Dacloush
  • Daniel Christopher Dadej
  • Deven M. Denava
  • Ashley Britany Diaz
  • Kevin Wayne Diederich
  • Jenna Elqaq
  • Angel Grace Bastasa Embay
  • Hector Franco
  • Aminah Ghouse
  • Eva Lin Giesler
  • John Philip Gillen
  • Abigail Cathryn Gosling
  • Mia E. Halama
  • Julianna Rose Hedlund
  • Ray Bean Hemmer
  • Alexa Paola Hernandez
  • Nikolas Jorge Hollis
  • Gannon Hosticka
  • Declan Hsui
  • Kendall Marie Hughes
  • Joanna Maria Jacob
  • Luke Mathew Jacob
  • Emma Ryan Jahaske
  • Emily A. Jakubek
  • Hannah Christine Julian
  • Caroline Josephine Kawczynski
  • Khamiya Dejanae Langston
  • Jake Matthew Lavine
  • William Lee Mahal
  • Milagros Mendez
  • Anthony John Miceli
  • Aaquib Omer Mohsin
  • Nicolas Moro
  • Molly Jayne Morris
  • Jessica Kyoko Nakayama
  • Rami Waseem Nasser
  • Keenan James Okeefe
  • Leonardo Padilla
  • Khadija Patel
  • Brenda Melissa Perez
  • Joshua Roman Pina
  • Panos Kostantenos Psyhogios
  • Meesum A. Razvi
  • Aaron Henry Ruszczak
  • Sofia Isabella Calma San Pedro
  • Skye Elinor Sanford
  • Emma Maryela Santillan
  • Ellie Gretchen Snyder
  • Antra Soni
  • Luke Sunderhaus
  • Veronica Isabel Tecuatl
  • Niko A. Temen
  • Sydney Maricica Terpstra
  • Ema P Tomasevic
  • Kevin Vargas Enriquez
  • Daniel Pedro Vargas
  • Alayna E. Yeo

Fall 2023 Board of Trustees Scholars

  • Meredith M. Ansted
  • Joshua William Brooks
  • Sirena Carrasco
  • Oliver Scot Dew
  • Luis Abraham Diaz
  • Camila Nicole Diaz-Acosta
  • Lucas Thomas DiGuido
  • Caroline Marianna Dusz
  • Melody R. Elbel
  • Carson John Fenne
  • Ashley Elizabeth Foster
  • Kaitlyn Margaret Griffith
  • Samuel Smyth Harper
  • Zohair Hasson
  • Jana Jabi
  • Amelia R. Kaufmann
  • Dina M. Khubieh
  • Taylor Lehman
  • Sophia Lorenda Martincic
  • Jonathan Giovanni Martinez
  • Aleksander Gabriel Mika
  • Simon John Piwcewicz
  • Ethan Scott Rogers
  • Gabrieta Emilova Salkovski
  • Eduardo Jose Sanchez
  • Kaytlyn Marie Santos
  • Calvin Thomas Szeluga
  • Morgan Rose Trask

Fall 2023 Deans Scholars

  • Hasan Alhan
  • Marco Antonio Armenta
  • Tracy Yeboah Asare
  • Moyosore Ashaolu
  • Josephine M. Becker
  • Grace Rae Carmichael
  • Robert Benedict Ciesla
  • Lena A. Daniel
  • Cecilia Theresa Dearcangelis
  • Eliza Ashley G. Garcia
  • Fonida Khamissi
  • Simon Norman Luedtke
  • Morgan Madison Mahoney
  • Lesly Angelica Ramos
  • Richard J. Schefke
  • Anna Grace Sheridan
  • Michael David Smith
  • Allison Paige Szymanski
  • Melvin Thomas
  • Emma Glynne Thunstedt
  • Melissa Velazquez
  • Evelyn Vergara
  • Samuel G. Wang
  • Toby Zhang