Dell and Evelyn Carroll Endowed Scholarship Has Awarded Over $1 Million in Meridian Student Scholarships for RCC

Join us in celebrating the legacy of Dell and Evelyn Carroll as over $1 million in scholarships have been awarded to graduating Meridian High School students attending Richland Community College from the endowed scholarship at the Heart of Illinois Community Foundation.

Pictured: Julie Melton, Richland Community College Foundation & Alumni Association, Executive Director, Gary and Carolyn Likins and Natalie Beck, HICF CEO. Gary Likins, Evelyn Carroll’s cousin and trustee of the Carroll estate, said the couple was married in 1973. “And even though they had no children of their own, they were always interested in children and education,” he said. “They both lived and worked in Macon and felt deeply about their love for community, and they knew they wanted to give back.”

Since the scholarship was announced in 2013, providing full tuition for graduating Meridian High School seniors to attend Richland Community College for two years, 263 students have received the Carroll Scholarship.