Wesleyan Hosts Minority Academic Achievement Recognition Ceremony

June 22, 2012                       

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan University, in collaboration with the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Educational Activity Club, will host the 21st annual Minority Academic Achievement Recognition Ceremony on Monday, June 25 at the Shirk Athletic Center (302 E. Emerson St., Bloomington).

Registration and a reception will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Attendance at the ceremony is by invitation only.

Speakers will be William A. Bennett, senior pastor at the City of Refuge Church of God in Bloomington, and Makaila Wall, a recent graduate of Bloomington High School.  

The program recognizes Bloomington-Normal’s minority youth in the 5th through 12th grades who have achieved honor roll status.  

For additional information, contact Carl Teichman, director of government and community relations, at (309) 556-3429.

Contact: Ann Aubry, (309) 556-3181