{"id":3732,"date":"2024-04-22T15:20:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:23:58","slug":"for-sydney-mott-scholarships-help-bridge-the-gap-from-sic-to-siu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3732","title":{"rendered":"For Sydney Mott, scholarships help bridge the gap from SIC to SIU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sydney Mott, Saline County<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Jeff Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sydney Mott\u2019s experience with Southern Illinois University and its College of Business and Analytics started with a great first impression.<\/p>\n

When transferring from Southeastern Illinois College, she was considering Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and the University of Southern Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I wanted to stay close to home,\u201d she said. \u201cI met Rachel Richey (coordinator of recruitment and retention for COBA) and Benna Williams (assistant lecturer in COBA), and I knew I was going to come to Carbondale. I didn\u2019t even visit USI.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Harrisburg High School graduate and Eldorado native knew early on that she wanted to become a certified public accountant and pursue a career with the federal or state government.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents both worked as correctional officers, and I knew I wanted retirement security,\u201d Mott said. \u201cI always loved math, and I\u2019m a bit of a perfectionist. I took an accounting class at SIC and got a job at Kemper CPA Group in Harrisburg, and it all just clicked.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her time at SIU, Mott has received multiple scholarships, including the Bill and Barbara Beck Accounting Scholarship, Kenneth J. and Jacqueline M. Hull\/Illinois CPA Society Accounting Scholarship, and the Robert and Patricia Sforza Memorial Scholarship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you add them up, these scholarships take the load off,\u201d she said. \u201cEven though donors may not always see the people they support, it\u2019s important to know that student success may not be possible without those donations. It\u2019s helping students not just in school, but it\u2019s helping them find a job and further their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The adjustment from community college to SIU has been smoother because of the people Mott has met along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing in as a transfer student, you\u2019re being placed in a completely different world,\u201d she said. \u201cSIU has been great. I\u2019ve made great friends. The people in the College of Business and Analytics want to see you succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  By Jeff Wilson Sydney Mott\u2019s experience with Southern Illinois University and its College of Business and Analytics started with a great first impression. When transferring from Southeastern Illinois College, she was considering Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and the University of Southern Indiana. \u201cI knew I wanted to stay close to home,\u201d she said. … Continue reading For Sydney Mott, scholarships help bridge the gap from SIC to SIU<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3735,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions\/3735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}