Marissa Watson
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  • Danville, IL

Marissa Watson Inducted into Blackburn College's Alpha Chi Chapter

2012 Nov 27

Marissa Watson of Danville, IL was inducted into Blackburn College's Illinois Beta Chapter of Alpha Chi on October 28, 2012.

Students are selected for Alpha Chi, a national honor scholarship society, by the Blackburn faculty based on their academic achievement and character demonstrated during their years at Blackburn. Alpha Chi members are in the top ten percent of academic performance in their class.

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.