Oakton Recognizes Chicago President's Scholars

972 Oakton Community Collegestudents were recently recognized for their academic achievements in the fall 2017 semester with President’s Scholar honors, including 83 students from Chicago. The list of President’s Scholars also includes 193 students from Des Plaines, 149 Skokie students, 83 Evanston students, 84 students from Glenview, 65 from Niles and 58 Park Ridge residents.

Oakton honored the following Chicago residents:

Lynell Beatrizz Alambra
Alejandra Baca
Sung Jun Bae
Izabela Barska
Emma Battaglia
Mirela Birta
Sara Boduch
Alex Caceda Saavedra
Ahron Castle
Jaquilin Chacko
Tat Kong Chan
Helen Chon
Lee Dallas
Francesca Dazzo
Stanimira Dechevska
Callahan DePorter
Maegan Duffy
Bailey Egan
Florina Eliescu
Kevin Ffrench
Christopher Gaudet
John Hamamoto
Jasmine Hernandez
Rhiannon Hernandez
Brendan Hough
Taylor Karpeles
Christopher Kohl
Matthew Kuszynski
Javier Leal
Alex Lehman
Jason Levy
Jessica Lopez
Scott Malcolm
Mayan Malik
Tara McCarthy
Jeffrey Medrano
Randy Mejia
Oxana Mihailov
Ioannis Mitrogiannis
Josue Montes
Robert Morse
Deirdre O'Connor
Ryan O’Keefe
Sean O'Hehir
Rory O'Neill
Ruth Owens
Marco Pena
Shaina Peysin
Mateusz Plata
Frederick Plinke
Shayna Pyka
Shahida Qazi
Patrick Quinn
Katherine Raeber
Hernan Razo
Emily Richardson
Jocelyn Rodriguez
Walter Rubio
Marykate Ryan
Azemina Sabanovic
Saba Saleh
Ethan Sanders
Hannah Schweizer
Adriana Sekuloska
Yujin Shin
Flavio Soto
Derek Starzynski
Cassandra Stefanski
Wirawan Suwannarat
Doanh Nghi Thai
Zorica Todorova
Thao Tran
Alice Tvishor
Gabija Ulcinaite
Thomas Usher
Eunita Uy
Stephanie Vizcarra
Violet Walczak
Vincent Wartan
Candace Washburn
Eyob Weldehaimanot
Lauren Wilkins
Lindsey Zigulich

To be recognized as an Oakton President’s Scholar, a student must be enrolled in at least six credit hours at course levels at 100 or above during a given term, earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average that term, be in good academic standing and meet standards of academic progress at the end of the term for which honors are being considered. The college also recognizes students with High Honors (3.75-3.99 GPA) and Honors (3.5-3.74 GPA) and awards Commendation for students with a 3.5 GPA or higher and one to five credit hours at the 100 level or above.
“Congratulations to our President’s Scholars, who exemplify Oakton student success,” Oakton President Joianne Smith said. “We celebrate your hard work and achievements and wish you continued success at Oakton and beyond, whether in your careers or at transfer institutions.”