Margaret E. Youel Memorial Scholarship - Study Abroad for FALL Semester

The Margaret E. Youel Memorial Scholarship – Study Abroad for FALL Semester

Margaret “Maggie” Youel, originally from Crystal Lake, IL arrived at North Central College with aspirations of studying abroad and becoming a Spanish teacher. Maggie proudly selected to attend North Central College following in the footsteps of her older brothers, Ben ’09 and Gabe ’11. During her sophomore year, Maggie suffered a sudden and serious stroke which required a lengthy hospital stay and extensive therapy. While the obstacles in the months and years following her stroke were great, Maggie approached each new hurdle with tenacity, perseverance, and an overwhelmingly positive attitude.

The Margaret Youel Memorial Scholarship honors Maggie’s ambition to become a foreign language teacher. Specifically, this scholarship is designed to help support a student who otherwise might not be able to study abroad. In order to be considered for this scholarship, recipients must meet the following criteria:

• The candidate must be a current, continuing North Central College student
• The candidate must be enrolled full-time as a North Central College student
• The candidate must be accepted to a North Central College study abroad program for the upcoming Fall semester
• The candidate will provide a 2-page typed and double-spaced essay addressing the candidate’s future aspirations and how the experience of study abroad will support the candidate in achieving their goals

The Margaret E. Youel Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to one qualifying applicant for the upcoming FALL semester and one qualifying applicant for the upcoming SPRING semester. This application is for students planning to study abroad for the upcoming FALL semester. The application for the spring semester will open in early March.

Please Note: This scholarship is awarded conditionally pending acceptance and participation in the fall semester education abroad program. Should a selected recipient withdraw from the study abroad program, at any point, before or during their education abroad program, then the scholarship will be forfeited and another scholarship recipient will be selected. This scholarship is for the semester awarded and may not be deferred to another semester should the recipient choose to change or delay their participation in a semester long education abroad program.

This scholarship is not automatically renewable.