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Updated: December 27, 2024 @ 9:32 pm
Teagan Coveris, the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Carroll County.
Coveris and her family celebrating her scholarship.
Coveris laughing and smiling as she finds out she’s the Lilly Endowment Scholarship Recipient.
Coveris and some of her supporters celebrating her scholarship.
Teagan Coveris, the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Carroll County, walking into her scholarship announcement.
Coveris and some of her supporters celebrating her scholarship.
Teagan Coveris, the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Carroll County, walking into her scholarship announcement.
Coveris hugging her mother, Tiffany Heise.
Coveris hugging another one of her supporters.
Coveris (pictured in the middle) standing with her father, Michael Heise (pictured on the left) and her mother, Tiffany Heise (pictured on the right).
Teagan Coveris, the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Carroll County.
Coveris and her family celebrating her scholarship.
Coveris laughing and smiling as she finds out she’s the Lilly Endowment Scholarship Recipient.
Coveris and some of her supporters celebrating her scholarship.
Teagan Coveris, the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Carroll County, walking into her scholarship announcement.
Coveris and some of her supporters celebrating her scholarship.
Teagan Coveris, the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Carroll County, walking into her scholarship announcement.
Coveris hugging her mother, Tiffany Heise.
Coveris hugging another one of her supporters.
Coveris (pictured in the middle) standing with her father, Michael Heise (pictured on the left) and her mother, Tiffany Heise (pictured on the right).
The Carroll County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Carroll County – Teagan Coveris of Carroll Sr. High School. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are known for their community involvement, academic achievement, character, and leadership.
Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides for full tuition, required fees and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years.
“Our Lilly Endowment Community Scholar exemplifies the very best of our community’s youth. These scholars not only excel in the classroom but also show a genuine passion for making a positive impact in their communities, Michelle Cox, Chair of the Lilly Scholarship Committee at the Community Foundation, said.
The scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university.
“Her academic achievements, demonstrated leadership skills, and commitment to community service sets her apart. The nominating committee was particularly impressed by Teagan’s ability to balance rigorous studies with meaningful extracurricular involvement and volunteer work. We are confident that this exceptional young individual will continue to be a catalyst for positive change as she pursues her higher education goals in Indiana.” said Cox.
Lilly Endowment Community Scholars may also participate in the Lilly Scholars Network (LSN), which connects both current scholars and alumni with resources and opportunities to be active leaders on their campuses and in their communities.
Both the scholarship program and LSN are supported by grants from Lilly Endowment to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) and Indiana Humanities.
About Teagan Coveris:
Teagan, daughter of Michael and Tiffany Heise, is a Carroll Sr. High School student graduating with an Academic Honors Diploma.
She is an active member of both the volleyball and track teams, serving as team captain for the volleyball squad.
Teagan also holds the position of Class President for the Class of 2025 on the Student Council and is Vice Chair of the Carroll White REMC Junior Board.
She volunteers as a teacher assistant and participates in the mentoring program at the elementary school.
Teagan has gained experience working in concessions for the Flora Youth Baseball League, coaching an elementary club volleyball team, and providing babysitting and tutoring services.
Teagan plans to attend DePauw University to major in Psychology.
In determining Carroll County’s Lilly Endowment Community Scholar(s) nominees, consideration was given to academic performance; activities in and out of school; essay; financial need; potential for success; and an interview by the Carroll County Community Foundation Scholarship Committee.
After the field of applicants was narrowed down, nominees were submitted to ICI, the statewide administrator of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program, which approves the final selection of scholarship recipients.
“It’s a pleasure for us to engage with the talented students of Carroll County as they pursue their higher education goals.” Said Todd Moser, President of the Carroll County Community Foundation. “The thorough application process provides us with a unique window into the exceptional qualities of Carroll County’s graduating class of 2025. All of us at the Community Foundation extend our warmest congratulations to Teagan!”
Lilly Endowment created the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program for the 1997-98 school year.
Since then, grant funding in excess of $490 million has supported more than 5,300 Indiana students who have received scholarships through the program.
The primary purposes of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program are:
1) to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana
2) to increase awareness of the beneficial roles Indiana community foundations can play in their communities
3) to encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment Community Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.
The Carroll County Community Foundation was established in 1997.
The Foundation seeks to serve donors and make grants to benefit the citizens of Carroll County.
For more information about the Community Foundation, contact Todd Moser at 800-964-0508 or todd@cfcarroll.org.
The Community Foundation website can also be visited at www.cfcarroll.org and contains information about making gifts to endowment funds, scholarships and grantmaking.
Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based private foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company.
Although the gifts of stock remain a financial bedrock of the Endowment, it is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location.
In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion.
Although the Endowment funds programs throughout the United States, especially in the field of religion, it maintains a special commitment to its founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana
Since 1997, Independent Colleges of Indiana has administered the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program statewide with funding provided by Lilly Endowment.
Founded in 1948, ICI serves as the collective voice for the state’s 29 private, nonprofit colleges and universities.
ICI institutions employ over 22,000 Hoosiers and generate a total local economic impact of over $5 billion annually.
Students at ICI colleges have Indiana’s highest four-year, on-time graduation rates, and ICI institutions produce 30 percent of Indiana’s bachelor’s degrees while enrolling 20 percent of its undergraduates.
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