A night at the Washington Award Ceremony
A Night at the Washington Award Ceremony On February 19, HEAR freshman Avery M attended the Washington Award Ceremony. We are very thankful to the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation for inviting our Chicago-based engineering HEAR Scholars to take part in this special...
Closing the Year with Momentum at HEAR!
The HEAR Scholarship Foundation is excited to share updates as we prepare for the Class of 2030, with applications already up more than 30% from previous years. This month, we connected with prospective students at Chicago Scholars and Waukegan to College and are working to give all our scholars access to CareerSpring, an online platform that supports career exploration and professional growth.
Freshman Citlalli Is Making Her Mark At Duke Already!
Citlalli A. is a freshman at Duke University where she is studying Public Policy and Economics. Finishing up her first semester, Citlalli shared with HEAR some of the activities she’s become involved in. All we can say is when does she sleep? “Earlier this semester I...
Supporting Success: HEAR’s Enrichment Committee Prepares 54 Care Packages for Freshmen and Sophomores
At HEAR, we believe that success in college goes beyond academics. As part of our commitment to providing holistic support to our scholars, our Enrichment Committee recently prepared 54 care packages for our freshman and sophomore students. These carefully curated...
HEAR Graduate Nick C., reflects on the support he received from the HEAR Scholarship Foundation
Hello everyone, my name is Nick. I was born on the West side of Chicago, attended Saint Patrick High School and continued my academic & athletic career at Illinois Wesleyan University, graduated in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. I’ve been working at...
HEAR Mentoring Rewards Mentors As Much As Scholars
Melissa R is a sophomore at the University of Chicago. She is double majoring in Global Studies and International Relations. She has been building a strong relationship with her mentor Mary, and they recently met for lunch. Melissa updated Mary on a sociology research...
HEAR Graduate Andres Pursuing His Career In The Non-Profit World
Andres L. graduated from De Paul University in 2021. After initially working in the Chicago Department of Transportation's "Streets Are For Everybody" program, he is now Finance and Development Associate for Chicago Run, a nonprofit organization focussing on providing...
A Monumental Time In Jaelen’s Life!
Jaelen B., a junior at Howard University studying Psychology described his summer months as monumental! Read on for his thoughts... "This summer and the months leading up to it have been a monumental time in my life! I am interning at Cerevel Therapeutics under their...
Ariela A. Makes The Most Of Her Summer!
HEAR Class of 2026 Scholar, Ariela A., is making the most of her college experience. She gained some invaluable work experience during her second semester at college, and is spending the summer preparing for her fall 2023 semester at Cornell University. Says Ariela,...
An Early graduation And A Fellowship Acceptance For HEAR Class Of 2024, Brendan L.
Brendan is a HEAR Class of 2024 scholar at Wake Forest University in NC, studying for a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, with an Interdisciplinary Writing Minor. Brendan has been 100% focussed on his studies and has taken many research...
Fall 2022 Semester Successes
The Fall 2022 semester was another very successful one for HEAR Scholars, with 17 students achieving a 4.0 GPA. We'd like to take a moment to say congratulations to them. We'd also like to give a shout out to those scholars whose grades improved the most from their...
A Graduation Celebration From 2021 HEAR Graduate Lesley M.
HEAR Class of 2021 graduate, Lesley M., has just completed her studies at Dartmouth College and is looking forward to starting a full-time position with Microsoft as a Business Program Manager in the fall. She graduated in May with a BA in Economics Modified with...