Greendale Student Honored With National Merit Scholarship

Greendale WI

13 July, 2020

12:17 PM

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GREENDALE, WI — A Greendale High School student earned a National Merit Scholarship in the final group on scholarship honorees for the 2020 school session. In three spring announcements, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced winners of corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards, National Merit $2,500 Scholarship awards, and the first group of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards. This final group of winners brings the number of 2020 National Merit Scholars to about 7,600. These high school graduates will receive scholarships for undergraduate study worth a total of over $30 million. Here is Greendale's honoree: Ellen M. RoderProbable career field: Biomedical EngineeringGreendale High School National Merit Saint Louis University Scholarship Saint Louis University, the oldest university west of the Mississippi (1818), is a private, coeducational university governed by a board of trustees composed of 25 laymen and 12 members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Of the total enrollment of 10,300, approximately 4,200 are full-time undergraduate students. Particularly because of the established reputation of its graduate and professional divisions (Medicine and Law), a high percentage of seniors continue on to graduate studies.