The Lincoln Academy of Illinois honored outstanding senior college students and one student from among all of the community college students in Illinois during the annual Student Laureate Convocation on Nov. 3 in Springfield.

Wayne Duerkes of Somonauk, a student at Northern Illinois University, and Maria Elizabeth Gommel of Malta, a student at North Central College, were among those honored.

The Lincoln Academy’s Student Laureate Awards are presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities to seniors from each of the four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities in Illinois. At the Student Laureate Convocation, each received a Student Laureate Medallion, along with an honorarium check and certificate of achievement. This is the 38th year that students have been honored by the academy.