STAR of the YEAR - Juanita Jones of Mt. Vernon was named STARS Student of the Year during the program's annual banquet, Tuesday night, at Rend Lake College. Jones, a music major at Rend Lake, also picked up an award for maintaining a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.99. STARS is a federal TRIO program designed to help students reach their goals of graduating and transferring to a four-year university.
