Normal West student awarded full-tuition Greenville Scholarship

Posted on December 21, 2021
Carolyn Smolen, holding a check granting paid tuition for receiving the Women in Leadership Scholarship from Greenville University. (Greenville University)

By Jake Fogal

Carolyn Smolen of Bloomington, has been awarded a $29,998 Women in Leadership Scholarship from Greenville University. Terri Sunderland, Greenville’s Women in Leadership program director realized Smolen’s potential when she first applied.

“Carolyn was a clear standout as a candidate for the full-tuition scholarship,” Sunderland said.

“We see in Carolyn strength in adversity, the ability to act on what is right against all odds, and the extraordinary skill of caring enough about a relationship dynamic to confront a situation to make it right. We believe Carolyn will make an excellent representative of Greenville University’s Women in Leadership Scholarship program and be a future inspiration to young women here at GU.”

Smolen intends to pursue studies in premed and is excited to join the church community that Greenville hosts.

“I’m so happy to be a part of Women in Leadership,” Smolen said. “All the women I interviewed with seemed like amazing women… I can’t wait to work with all of them.”

Greenville University is an accredited Christian liberal arts college. The campus is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east of St. Louis. All students who attend Greenville receive some sort of financial aid. For more information on scholarships and how to apply, visit Greenville.edu/apply.

Jake Fogal can be reached at [email protected].

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