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[email protected]. I - 00-99 May 19, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EIU HOLDS ANNUAL HONORS AWARDS DAY CHARLESTON - Eastern Illinois University held its annual Honors Awards Day April16. Scholarships given include the KG Summers Buick Toyota Scholarship, sponsored by KC Summers Buick Toyota Dealership and awarded to an honors student at EIU; Dorothy Davis Bunge Scholarship, established in 1990 by Gordon C. Bunge, and awarded to full-time students with a 3.5 GPA from DuPage County who participate in the honors program; Rachael Richardson Scholarship, established in 1991 by the estate of Rachael Richardson, given to a student enrolled in the honors programs; and the Continuing Student Scholarship, presented to students in the honors programs who remain in good standing. Also given were university and departmental honors to Spring and Fall 2000 graduating seniors. The recipients and their awards are: -more- ADD 1/1/1/1 HONORS DAY KC SUMMERS BUICK TOYOTA SCHOLARSHIP BATAVIA- Amy M. Vedin, daughter of Terry and Mary Vedin of Batavia; 1998 graduate of Batavia High School; junior zoology/ pre-medicine major.