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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. Newsletter Signup Angela Bauer has been a copy editor an...

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 Annie Merner Chapel, like leather seats in an old car parked in the sun, has cracks. The paint on the c...