BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Two Illinois Wesleyan University students have been named the 2011 Weir Fellows. Senior Kaitie Fancher of Noblesville, Ind., and junior Matt Hill of Lake Forest, Ill., were honored for their commitment to community service.
The $1,250 fellowships are distributed through Illinois Wesleyan’s Action Research Center (ARC), which links Illinois Wesleyan students with research projects with not-for-profit organizations. Students chosen as Weir Fellows must have previously worked closely with community partners and proposed collaborative projects with them. Both fellows have projects planned with the Western Avenue Community Center, a local not-for-profit organization.