June 4, 2007

Laura McWilliams’ Lyon College education has equipped her for success, and the essay she wrote explaining how has earned her $1,000.

Sponsored by The Presbyterian Outlook, the Church-College Partnership Award is given to a senior who writes the best essay on "How my education at a PC (USA)-related college has equipped me for significant service and leadership."

McWilliams took the first prize, but $200 Honorable Mention awards also went to all other writers whose essays were chosen for publication.

The Outlook, an independent weekly newsletter reporting on items of interest to the entire Presbyterian Church (USA), will publish McWilliams’ winning essay in its August 2007 issue. A chemistry major, she graduated summa cum laude in May. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McWilliams of Benton.