Senior Stephanie Sorisho named Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
To call Stephanie Sorisho an overachiever is an understatement. The senior molecular biology and biotechnology major is an accomplished cellist, a teaching assistant, president of the Tri-Beta Biology Honors Society, and a writing advisor.
This fall, Sorisho received well-deserved recognition for all of her hard work. She was awarded the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award, presented each fall to one college senior per four-year institution who shows leadership and service in pursuit of the betterment of humanity, along with academic excellence.
When she isn’t helping professors like Dr. Sunshine Silver construct a lab that involves comparing meat proteins to vegan alternatives, the Lincolnwood native plays first-chair cello in North Park’s Orchestra. Sorisho has also given cello lessons to students at the nearby nonprofit Assyrian Cultural Foundation.
She cites Dr. Silver, Dr. Drew Rholl C’04, and Dr. Timothy Lin as her most influential professors.
“Genuinely, I have gained so much knowledge, experience, friends, and memories through my time at North Park University,” Sorisho said.
“My college experience may have been stressful at times, during a pandemic and being a pre-medical student. Yet I would not trade the experience I have had my past four years for any other university.”