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Samaryia Magee has been named the University of Illinois Springfield Employee of the Month for July 2022. She has worked as a program/student advisor for the UIS Diversity Center since 2018.

Magee鈥檚 nominator calls her a 鈥減assionate advocate and mentor for students at UIS.鈥� Magee coordinates a variety of programs, including those that specifically support first-generation college students.

Hometown: Chicago, ILMajor: Master's in Human Development Counseling Future Plans: Become a high school or college counselor

Umar Sodiq of Ojo, Nigeria, a 2017 graduate of Al-Kawthar Model College, has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for Fall Semester 2022 and awarded a $4,000 Lincoln Merit Scholarship for tuition over four years. At UIS, he plans to major in computer science.

The scholarship is awarded based on high school GPA and can be renewed for a total of four years if the student maintains college GPA requirements.

At Al-Kawthar Model College, he played football (soccer) and table tennis.

鈥淭he CLS [MLS] program exceedingly prepared me to enter the field as a new tech鈥� [in PA school at Evansville] my preceptor commented that I was miles ahead of other students in the same rotation because he didn鈥檛 have to waste time explaining the labs.鈥�

鈥淢y CLS [MLS] degree provided me with all the correct pre-requisites to get into my graduate program鈥�The CLS [MLS] program provides an immense amount of clinical knowledge that a majority of medical professionals are lacking in the beginning of their career journey.鈥�