Karen J. Beggs Memorial Scholarship

The Karen J. Beggs Memorial Scholarship is named in memory of Karen Beggs (Alpha Epsilon 1972/Western Illinois). This award is reserved for an Alpha Sigma Tau member.

About Karen Beggs

Karen Beggs graduated from Western Illinois University in 1974. She worked for 12 years in the office products industry for the Savin Corporation, Lexitron, Raytheon Data Systems and Olympia. She changed careers at the age of 36 and earned a paralegal certificate from Roosevelt University. She then joined Coldwell Banker in Schaumburg, now Cendant Corp., as a relocation specialist. She died of complications from colon cancer in 2002 at the age of 50.

Karen’s legacy in the world continues to live on through the impact made with this scholarship.