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New Scholarship Opportunity at IVCC for Animal Lovers

IVCC Director of Development Fran Brolley, left, IVCC President Jerry Corcoran and Director of Facilities Scott Curley PHOTO IVCC

OGLESBY – A new scholarship opportunity is being offered at Illinois Valley Community College for students who have a love of animals. The Kristyne K. Curley Memorial scholarship was created by her husband, Scott Curley with a $10,000 donation to the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a current IVCC student beginning this fall.
“Kris could light up a room with her personality and warm smile and I’m sure she’s smiling down on the college now because of Scott’s generous donation to the Foundation in her memory,” said IVCC President Jerry Corcoran.
The Curleys both entered the workforce right after high school and decided to attend IVCC, both securing careers at the college. Mr. Curley began in the Facilities department in maintenance and is now the director of the department. Mrs. Curley worked in the Information Technologies department, becoming senior programmer/analyst.
In 2013, the Curleys adopted three kittens that had made the campus their home. When winter break came, they opened their home to the kittens’ mother known as ‘Campus Cat’ or ‘CC’ for short. Two years after taking her in, Mrs. Curley joked, “She’s still CC, but now it stands for ‘Curley Cat.’”
After over 27 years with the college, Mrs. Curley passed away unexpectedly in April 2017.
“Kris definitely loved her furry babies at home and all animals, for that matter. She even got me to stop hunting and fishing because she said I was needlessly killing animals for sport,” Mr. Curley recalled. “I want to reward someone who has demonstrated the same love of animals Kris possessed.”
In addition to the standard scholarship essay, applicants must submit a one-page essay describing how animals have enriched their life by either fostering or adopting animals or volunteering at an animal shelter, rescue organization or rehabilitation center.

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