Recently, ComEd recognized nine local Chicago State University students as 2025 ComEd Scholars, including several students from Chicagoland neighborhoods like Austin, Auburn-Gresham, and South Shore. As part of the ComEd scholars program, students receive scholarships to cover educational and related costs that exceed existing financial aid as well as mentorships and internship opportunities with ComEd. Through the ComEd Scholars program, ComEd has awarded 90 scholarships to students from five different educational institutions across northern Illinois. This is the second cohort of CSU ComEd Scholars. ComEd partnered with CSU in 2023, awarding scholarships to four students in 2024 and expanding to nine recipients this year. The 2025 Chicago State University ComEd Scholars are:
• Yonathan Getachew – a second-year student from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pursuing a degree in computer science.
• Osbaldo Gonzalez – a second-year student from Thornton, pursuing a degree in computer science.
• Kamia Johnson – a second-year student from Auburn/Gresham, pursuing a degree in computer science.
• Tianna Johnson – a second-year student from Portage, Indiana, pursuing a degree in finance.
• Boris Mojsa – a second-year student from Opovo, Serbia, pursuing a degree in computer science.
• Tegan Robins – a third-year student from Chicago’s Austin community, pursuing a degree in accounting.
• Aanicia Sutton – a third-year student from Chicago’s Jeffery Manor neighborhood, pursuing a degree in accounting.
• N’Mari Ward – a third-year student from Chicago’s South Shore community, pursuing a degree in physics and engineering.
• Kennedy Whitlow – a second-year student from Country Club Hills, pursuing a degree in physics and engineering.
To qualify for the program, students with above a 2.8 grade point average and majors in physics and engineering, computer science, finance and accounting are nominated by CSU faculty based on their academic achievement.
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