P.E.O. STAR Scholarship awarded May 16

The prestigious P.E.O. STAR Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year was presented to Camryn Lair, a senior at New London High School. The scholarship was presented at the New London awards ceremony by Jane Simmons.

Camryn is the daughter of Allison and Travis Lair and was recommended for this scholarship by Chapter EV of New London/Danville. Lair has been accepted and will attend Iowa State University where she has plans to study Landscape Architecture beginning this fall.

The P.E.O. STAR Scholarship is a $2,500 scholarship based on excellence in leadership, extracurricular activities, community service, academics and potential for future success. The program is open to young women who are citizens or legal permanent residents of the United States or Canada and who are graduating high school seniors at the time of application. A student must be recommended by a P.E.O. chapter.

The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded Jan. 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, is an international philanthropic and educational organization which promotes increased educational opportunities for women through scholarships, grants, awards, and loans. There are nearly 5,800 local chapters in the United States and Canada with almost 250,000 initiated members. The P.E.O. Sisterhood has provided over $398 million in financial assistance to more than 119,000 recipients. The P.E.O. Sisterhood also owns Cottey College, a fully accredited, private liberal arts and sciences college for women, with two-year and selected four-year programs located in Nevada, Missouri.