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JASPER COUNTY â The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has awarded 200 scholarships to the fifth class of Next Generation Hoosier Educators.
Two of them attend Kankakee Valley and one attends Rensselaer Central.
Selected through a competitive process based on academic achievement and other factors, Brittany Moore, of Rensselaer Central, and Isabelle Eenigenburg and Alisyn Risner, both of Kankakee Valley, will each receive $7,500 annually (up to $30,000 total) for committing to teach in Indiana for at least five years after graduating college.
âHard work, passion and academic excellence are just a few characteristics of these future teachers,â said Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers. âWe are pleased to award them with a scholarship as they pursue their teaching credentials that will ultimately benefit their students and the state.â