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Davidson earns MacMurray scholarship FacebookTwitterEmail Abby Davidson has been named a 2021-22 MacMurray Scholar by the MacMurray Foundation and Alumni Association and will receive a $1,000 William Stanton Scholarship for Future Educators, according to the foundation. Davidson attends Illinois College, where she is pursing a degree in education. She attended MacMurray College prior to its closing in 2020. To earn the scholarship, she had to meet the foundation’s high academic requirements. ...

2 small colleges were only a mile apart. Only 1 survived. David Jesse, Detroit Free Press Published 9:39 pm UTC Feb. 13, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Ill.  – The steeple stretches into the sky, towering above the trees just beginning to show fall colors. Around the chapel are other buildings fronted by columns that stretch two stories up, with ornamental arches and crests atop doorways. These are the halls where students once slept, ate and studied for decade upon decade. But the steeple of Anni...

Group starts MacMurray Scholars program FacebookTwitterEmail The MacMurray Foundation and Alumni Association is introducing a scholarship program through which it hopes to award at least $15,000 its first year. The foundation’s MacMurray Scholars will include at least 15 $1,000 scholarships to start, with plans to increase the number of scholarships and the amount awarded in coming years. Priority will be given to members of the MacFam Community — including students whose MacMurray College ...

Alumni create MacMurray Scholars FacebookTwitterEmail JACKSONVILLE — The MacMurray Foundation & Alumni Association has created the MacMurray Scholars scholarship program. For the first year the foundation intends to award at least 15 $1,000 scholarships, but hopes to increase the number of scholarships and the amount of the individual scholarships in future years. Priority is given to members of the MacFam Community, including students whose MacMurray Education was disrupted by the closing of...