A local student has an extra feather in her cap as she prepares to head off to university in the fall.
Ursuline College graduate Leela McLaughlin was recently presented with the $1000 Kiwanis Foundation of Canada Matching Scholarship.
The club’s Scholarship Committee selected her for one its two scholarships because of her impressive academic accomplishments and her volunteerism and participation in her school and community. At UCC she was involved in Kidwin Zhiingwaak (an Indigenous leadership group), UCC Cares, and the drama club, among other activities.
She also volunteer making blankets for the homeless, serving as a figure skating Program Assistant, and providing leadership for the Little Flowers group at her church.
Leela will be attending University of Windsor in the Concurrent Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) program with a career goal of becoming an elementary school teacher.
