Marianjoy Scholarship Program Awards Nearly $500,000 in Scholarships to Date

A Record 26 Students Receive $50,000 in Scholarships

WHEATON, Ill., June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year, $50,000 in
scholarships for post-high school education was awarded to 26 students from
the greater Chicagoland area by the Marianjoy Scholarship Program, now in its
fifteenth year. The students are attending colleges and universities all
across the country including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, Arizona State
University, Northern Illinois University, Loyola University, and Vandercook
School of Music. In addition, six of the recipients are former Marianjoy
patients.

For more than 35 years, Marianjoy has remained an advocate for individuals
living with a disability. Though pursuing a college degree is not easy for
anyone, doing so while living with a physical disability requires an even
greater degree of determination, stamina and focus, which is why the Marianjoy
Scholarship Fund was established. This year's recipients include young men and
women studying electrical engineering, architecture, law, medicine,
journalism, teaching and music.

The Marianjoy Scholarship Program combines the Bruce A. Schurman Endowment
Fund (named after the former president and CEO of Marianjoy) and the Marianjoy
General Scholarship Fund. Marianjoy plans to grow the endowment from the
current level of just over $50,000 to $500,000 over the next five years. Most
of the dollars kept in an endowment fund are there to stay. Only the interest
earnings on those funds are used to provide new annual scholarships. The
existence of an endowment means that funds will continue to be available for
years to come.

Recipients of scholarships this year include:
Alysse Dahlgren of Rolling Meadows
Daniel Garczek of Burbank
Justin Marshall of Milwaukee, WI
Carrie Mulderink of Countryside
Cassandra Myers of Huntley
Maria-Isabel Orozco-Vela of Chicago
Justin Salerno of Aurora
Gabriela Selgado of Oak Forest
Jennifer Sutton of McHenry
Molly Farrell of Wheaton
Patrick Juris of New Lenox
Sara Koehnke of Highland Park
Dina Margetis of Mount Prospect
Katherine McElheney of Wheaton
John Mravik of Elgin
Hannah Thompson of Glenview
Shawna Culp of Wheaton
Bridgette Martinak of Algonquin
Kathryn Monfortte of Villa Park
Braden Neu of Lemont
Scott Nyquist of Prospect Heights
Amanda Fowler of Naperville
Meredith Hill of Oak Park
Fabian Lopez of Bartlett
Ian Smith of Elmhurst
Jeff Zagoudis of Palatine

Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital is a nonprofit teaching hospital in Wheaton,
IL, dedicated to the delivery of physical medicine and rehabilitation programs
including stroke, neuromuscular, orthopedic, brain injury, spinal cord injury,
and pediatrics. Marianjoy's new $60 million, 120 private room replacement
hospital is a state-of-the-art facility designed to enhance the naturally
holistic approach to rehabilitation. Founded in 1972, Marianjoy Rehabilitation
Hospital maintains an extensive network of inpatient, subacute, and outpatient
sites and physician clinics throughout the Chicago area. Marianjoy is a member
of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare.

SOURCE Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

Denise LeBloch, +1-630-909-7103, dlebloch@marianjoy.org, or Charmaine Mufich,
+1-630-909-7100, cmufich@marianjoy.org, both of Marianjoy Rehabilitation
Hospital