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Kinsey Hilliard
  • Biology
  • Fairfield, IL

Kinsey Hilliard Receives Academic Award from Blackburn College

2013 May 3

Kinsey Hilliard of Fairfield, IL received the Women's Tennis Award on April 22, 2013 for achieving academic excellence at Blackburn College. The annual Honors Banquet included an awards ceremony, dinner catered by Sodexo, and entertainment by the Blackburn Voices, the college's vocal ensemble.

Students are selected for academic awards by academic department faculty based on G.P.A. and academic performance.

Founded in 1837, Blackburn College is a four-year, Presbyterian-related, co-educational liberal arts college located in Carlinville, Illinois. One of the seven work colleges in the U.S., Blackburn is the only one with a student managed Work Program. Blackburn was ranked by US News as the 2012 #2 Best Value College in the Midwest; and placed #65 in The Washington Monthly's ranking of Baccalaureate Colleges. The school remains the most affordable, residential private liberal arts college in the state.