MONMOUTH, Ill. – Ashleigh Tweed, of Monmouth, Ill., was recently awarded a Monmouth College Latin Performance Scholarship.

The Latin Performance Scholarship is a $2,000 annual award applicable to Monmouth College tuition and is renewable for four years.

Each applicant must provide a letter of reference from their Latin teacher and submit a short passage in Latin prose or poetry to discuss with faculty and students during an audition on the Monmouth College campus.

Recipients do not have to major or minor in Latin, but they must complete at least one semester hour of Latin per semester.

A senior at Monmouth High School, Tweed is the daughter of David and Karen Tweed of Monmouth.