ICCTA Paul Simon Student Essay Contest Previous Recipients 1990 Lu Painter Spoon River College 1991 Patricia J. Kinney Danville Area Community College 1992 Brenda Legg Frontier Community College 1993 Anne Chesney College of DuPage 1994 Mary Frances Lund Joliet Junior College 1995 Janet Beach Davis Heartland Community College 1996 Becci Doering Rend Lake College 1997 Paul Rowan Moraine Valley Community College 1998 Rebecca Lynne Sandlin Olney Central College 1999 William R. Jones College of DuPage 2000 Nanelle Norcross Black Hawk College 2001 Laurie Reeves Illionis Central College 2002 Alexandra Spiers Southwestern Illinois College 2003 Lorelei Blackburn Moraine Valley Community College 2004 Julie Stoneburner Oakton Community College 2005 Joyce Woo Kishwaukee College 2006 Peggy Michel Prairie State College 2007 Christine Pemberton Elgin Community College 2008 Eric Essen Kaskaskia College 2009 Favian Apata Prairie State College 2010 Kathi Miller McHenry County College 2011 Tracy Knotek Oakton Community College 2012 Rebecca Hines Rock Valley College 2013 Nada Omer Moraine Valley Community College 2014 Amy Butler John A. Logan College 2015 Clementina Ejiofor Oakton Community College 2016 Kara Barbieri College of Lake County 2017 Callie Smith Southeastern Illinois College 2018 Ruth Chae Elgin Community College 2019 Karen Russ McHenry County College For additional information on the Paul Simon Student Essay Contest Award, please contact Kim Villanueva at 1-800-454-2282, ext. 1. Illinois Community College Trustees Association 401 E. Capitol Ave., Suite 200 Springfield, IL 62701-1711 217-528-2858 (phone) 217-528-8662 (fax) ICCTA@communitycolleges.org (e-mail) http://www.communitycolleges.org | Home | News | Events | Links |