Riya Shah, a 2017 graduate of Effingham High School, is the recipient of the $500 University of Illinois Dorothy Stier Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship is open to any female graduate of Effingham or St. Anthony High School planning to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Members of the local PEO Sisterhood Chapter NF serve on the selection committee for the scholarship which honors Stier as a past member of the club.