LINK is proud to celebrate Board member Angela Miller-May for being named to Chief Investment Officer magazine’s 2026 Power100. The

We are excited to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors. Each brings a different area of expertise,

We are excited to welcome Pomona College, one of our newest partners, expanding opportunities available to our Scholars as they

For LINK Scholar Aaliyah, being part of LINK means more than attending programs, it means taking every opportunity she can

Congratulations to Sam, a Jr. LINKer class of 2031, for winning LINK’sT-shirt design contest! Out of 12 student submissions, Sam’s

On Thursday, July 23, LINK supporters, Board members, staff, and Scholars gathered at Twin Orchard Country Club for our 31st

What an amazing evening we enjoyed together at Zhou B Art Center on Thursday, June 18, as we gathered to

New Scholar Orientation is an exciting day to initiate new Jr. LINK and HS fellowship Scholars and their families into

We’re delighted to welcome two new staff members to the LINK team—Sarah Schollmeyer, Director, Outreach & Enrollment, and Tatyana Mcdade,

We are proud to celebrate LINK consulting team member Dr. Tania White, who was named a Chicago Defender Woman of

We are proud to welcome back Williams College as a Collegiate Partner! We have had many LINK Scholars attend Williams

We’d like to extend very special thanks to our many LINK volunteers!  This year we launched a concerted effort to

Special congratulations to the inaugural Jr. LINK cohort on their recent high school graduation! Six years ago, Jayla Allen, Calvin

At Driving Fore A Difference, every swing supports a Scholar!  LINK’s 31st Annual Driving Fore A Difference golf outing on

A special shoutout and thank you to U.S. Bank for sponsoring our January Saturday Academy and Career Exploration Day and to FedEx Cares for

We proudly celebrate LINK board member Kimberly A. Cook, who was recently named to Crain’s Chicago Business list of “Notable

LINK is proud to welcome Oberlin College as a new Collegiate Partner joining our network in 2026! Located just 35

LINK is thrilled to welcome back Hamilton College as a Collegiate Partner! This original partnership dates back many years, when

Save the Date: 2026 Scholar Celebration  We’re excited to recognize and celebrate the achievements of the graduating class of 2026

We’re proud to share that our president and CEO, Dr. Toinette Gunn, was honored by Girls Inc. of Chicago as

We’re thrilled to welcome four new staff members to the LINK team: Muñeca Diaz, Coordinator, Advancement & External Affairs; Myaah

A Year-End Reflection as LINK Approaches 60 Years As we enter the winter season and the countdown to our 60th

LINK Unlimited Scholars is where hard work meets heart work. We push ourselves because our Scholars deserve nothing less. If

We’re so grateful for the assistance, support, and hard work we’ve had from our two federal work study students—Jada Ghee

Special thanks to the Jordan brand for providing shoes for our Scholars! At the October Saturday Academy, Scholars who followed

A huge thank you to everyone who supported LINK on Giving Tuesday! Thanks to your generosity, we raised $10,000 to

We’re thrilled to welcome Kimberly A. Cook, a distinguished mediator and attorney at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck, LLP, to the

Please join us in welcoming maría pineda cuevas, our new Manager, Finance & Operations! A proud Santa Ana, California, native

Our president and CEO, Dr. Toinette Gunn, has been especially active in the community this fall, and we’re thrilled to

Important Reminder: Our new student application (for the 2026-27 academic year) is open now and will remain open until Sunday,

Rice University in Houston, Texas, held a “Discover Rice” event September 3-5 for college access programs and professionals to visit

Shoutout to Maurice Tiner—a 2013 LINK alum and our current Director, Advancement & External Affairs—who was selected for the Class

We are thrilled to shine the Partner Spotlight on the UIC College of Education and extend our deep gratitude for

We are extraordinarily grateful to Opus for supporting LINK with a $150,000 grant for FY 2026 and 2027. Our relationship

Mark your calendars now for December 2nd: Giving Tuesday is just around the corner! This special day brings communities together

We’re thrilled to announce that applications for new LINK Scholars will reopen on Friday, October 3, 2025! We support talented,