Caroline Kern Craig Endowed Scholarship
The purpose of this scholarship is to help defray the cost of education for accounting majors with high academic achievement and career potential. It was established in 2012 by Caroline's husband, Tom, and by Jon Farney '93, a past president of Beta Gamma Sigma at Illinois State and a former student who remembers fondly Caroline's influence on his life. Caroline devoted almost her entire professional career to ISU's accounting programs and students. She was valedictorian of her high school class in Kankakee; an undergraduate Bronze Tablet Scholar at the University of Illinois; and a Deloitte, Haskins & Sells Doctoral Fellow. She was one of two recipients of a graduate teaching assistant excellence award, and was voted by ISU's Student Accounting Society as Outstanding Faculty Member the last semester she taught. She taught primarily tax accounting. Tom also taught accounting. Many students took up to three courses from Caroline, and up to six courses from Caroline and Tom.