Village Presents Four HS Seniors with Scholarships

The village honored the recipients of the Village of Woodridge/ProLogis Foundation grants at Thursday night's board meeting. 

Four Woodridge high school seniors were honored for each receiving a $1,000 scholarship. 

The Woodridge Park District's Senior Citizens Golden Years Program, the Woodridge Community Resource Center and Operation Support Our Troops America, Inc., also received $1,000 grants from the program. 

Mayor William F. Murphy said the grant program was a unique agreement between the ProLogis Foundation and the Village of Woodridge which began in the early 1990's.

As it developed, the ProLogis Foundation agreed to donate money to the village to give back to the community. Murphy said $125,000 has been donated since to individuals and groups since then. 

Meet the four seniors who received a $1,000 scholarship: 

James Blair, Downers Grove North High School 

James is an Eagle Scout from Troop #516 and has been on academic honor roll for all four years of high school. James will study biomedical sciences at Marquette University. 

Colin Gallagher, Naperville North High School 

Colin has worked with "Be the Match" and has helped organized five bone marrow drives, as well as a benefit concert that raised $1,500 in honor of a Naperville North student with luekemia who died. He will attend Loyola University and student biophysics.  

Stacy Miller, Benet Academy 

Stacy is a member of the school's National Honor Society and has done service projects through that organization. She has also been a member of choir for four years and earned letters in choir. She will attend Olivet Nazarene University and study biology, pre-med. 

Tiffany Wu, Downers Grove South High School 

Tiffany is a member of South's wind ensemble, the most selective ensemble at South, which went to super state this school year. She is also a member of the school's Key Club, which organized fundraising for St. Baldrick's and raised $30,000 for St. Baldrick's. She will attend Northwestern University and study neuroscience.