Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, September 8, 1994 TAG: 9410200008
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E10 EDITION: METRO
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BECKY SUE MABES, daughter of Don and Jean Mabes of Salem, earned a master's degree in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. She is now employed by the Children's Center in Salem.
LAURIE ANN CHOCKLETT, daughter of Robert and Betty Chocklett of Roanoke County, received a master of science degree in physical therapy from Medical College of Virginia -Virginia Commonwealth University.
Chocklett is a staff physical therapist in acute care at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
CREIGHTON M. LITTON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Litton of Buchanan, has received a master of science degree in forestry at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
Litton is a 1987 graduate of James River High School.
THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES presented awards to the following area residents at its recent academic and clinical achievement awards commencement: John P. Ayling of Roanoke, Henry J. Powell Award for clinical excellence in paramedic education; John "Jack" Cline Garber Jr., Roanoke, Thompson N. Berdeen Award for academic excellence in the emergency health sciences -paramedic program; Kimberly Charlene Bare, Roanoke, academic excellence in health Information management; Arlene W. Mauk, Roanoke, excellence in the Career Mobility Program for License Practical Nurses; Deborah Horne Jessen, Daleville, academic excellence in occupational therapy assistant; Mark Andrew Manetta, Roanoke, academic excellence in respiratory care; William Jeffrey Walton, Salem, clinical excellence in respiratory care.
ROBIN DAWN FORD of Roanoke received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
AMY L. STARR,daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John W. Starr of Roanoke, has been named a college scholar, the highest recognition for academic achievement for the spring term at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt.
TRAVIS DIXON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet Dixon of Roanoke, recently graduated from St. Andrew's-Sewanee School in St. Andrews, Tenn. He will attend Ferrum College.
AUTUMN L. JORDAN of Roanoke has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at the Campbell University School of Pharmacy in Buies Creek, N.C.
KAREN DOOLAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Doolan of Roanoke, was honored at the Campbell University School of Pharmacy Annual Parent's Day Awards and Scholarships reception. She received one of two Wal-Mart Co. scholarships.
ALISON KIMBERLY SHERWIN, a senior at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., recently received the Wellington A. Parlin Science Scholarship Award. The award is given to a rising senior majoring in biology, chemistry, or physics and has attained the highest scholastic average during three years at Dickinson.
Sherwin also received the Sia Memorial Prize, given to the rising senior physics major with the highest grade point average within the major.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Sherwin and is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School.
DONALD McCLURE of Roanoke has been named to the dean's list at Johnson & Wales University. He is a culinary arts major.
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE recently announced the names of its Roanoke graduates. They are:
Karla Bratton-Calloway, B.A. in psychology/special education; Paula Collins, B.S. in accounting and named to dean's list; Anthony Cummings, B.A. in communications; Jay Gentry, B.S. in biology; Heather Hartman, B.S. in life sciences and named to the dean's list; Melinda Hayes, B.A. in psychology.
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY recently inducted two Roanoke students into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. They are: Timothy Michael Beirne, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Beirne, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry; Vincent Dale Stover, who received his master's degree in public administration.
ROANOKE COLLEGE has been awarded three grants totaling $5,325 by The Mid Atlantic Arts' 1994-95 Performing Arts Touring Program. The grants will be used to underwrite expenses connected with three performances during the 1994-95 series.
THE VINTON DOGWOOD CHARTER CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION recently presented scholarships to six women. A total of $8,200 was given to: Cecelia Fitzgerald at Virginia Tech, Yolanda Chapman at Virginia Commonwealth University, Carmen Price at Bridgewater College, Grace Nofsinger at Virginia Western Community College, Heather Cormany at Roanoke College and Andrea Herron at Emory and Henry University.
JAMES ANDRES PAULEY of Danville and ELIZABETH MacGREGOR NORDT of Salem were named to the dean's list at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.
ANNA T. FOSTER of Roanoke, has been awarded a $500 academic scholarship by the National Society of Public Accountants Scholarship Foundation. Foster will be completing her sophomore year at National Business College this year.
THE ROANOKE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY recently awarded five $2,000 scholarships to several residents. They are: Cuc Thi Cao, Roanoke College; Makia Pierson, Virginia Western Community College; Duc Cong Nguyen, Radford University; Thuy Thanh Pham, Virginia Western Community College; and Linda Dennison, Hollins College
TRINA GRAY of Roanoke and ROY GREENLAND of Vinton recently earned master's of education degrees at Lynchburg College.
ANDREA BOITNOTT of Palm Harbor, Fla., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Boitnott of Boones Mill, has been inducted into the National Business College Alumni Hall of Achievement for outstanding professional performance.
A 1986 business administration graduate with special study in marketing and fashion merchandising, Boitnott is marketing director and assistant mall manager for the Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. in Port Richey, Fla.
Several other Roanoke-area residents also were recognized. Jenkyoung Kim of Roanoke received the Achievement Award; and Andrea Paige Wolfe and Lisa Dawn Bedwell, both of Salem, received the M. A. Smythe Award, honoring one of the college's long-term officials. The Smythe award is presented for high academic achievement.
The E. M. Coulter Award, given in memory of NBC's former president and the longest association of any individual with a college in the United States, went to Joyce Cook Burdette and Loretta Mills Hart, both of Roanoke.
Cheryl A. Kay of Salem, Tara Denise Eddy of Roanoke and Linda Carol Meese of Buchanan received the Mary P. McGurn Award for excellence in the field of secretarial science.
Robert Estol Snider III of Salem, a graduate in the bachelor's program, received the Dorothy Coulter Hancock Award.
THE COLONEL WILLIAM PRESTON ROANOKE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION recently presented awards for its Junior American Citizens Program, "Flags in American History" to students at Crystal Spring Elementary and Roanoke Catholic schools.
Crystal Spring fourth-grade winners in the short-story category were: Lindsay Hock, daughter of E. B. Hock, first at the chapter, state and division levels and second at the national competition; Laura Hiles, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hiles Jr., second at the chapter and state levels; and Ashley Atkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Atkinson, third at the chapter and state levels.
Crystal Spring fourth-graders who won in the the poem category were: Matthew McDowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McDowell, first at the chapter and state levels and second in the division; Emily Althouse, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Althouse, second at the chapter and state levels; and Charlotte Leftwich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Leftwich, third in the chapter and state.
Allyson Fulton, third grade, daughter of Mr. John and Mrs. Jeannie Fulton, was second in the chapter in the artwork-stamp design category. Fourth-graders who won in the artwork-stamp category are: David Durham, son of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Durham, first in the chapter and state and second in division; and Lee Kreger, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kreger III, second at the chapter and state levels.
Fifth-graders who placed in the artwork-stamp design were: Elizabeth Bradshaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bradshaw, first in chapter and second in state; Mandy Barnes, daughter of Mrs. Lisa Barnes, second in the chapter and third in state; and Donny Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith, third in the chapter.
Roanoke Catholic creative-writing winners included the following fourth-graders: Philip Wall, first in the chapter and state and third in the division; Becky Haas, second at the chapter and state levels; Laura Rucker, third in the chapter and state; and Jennifer Gillespie, honorable mention at the chapter level.
Fourth-grade winners in the artwork-poster category included: Tiffany Wortman, first in the chapter and state and third in the division; and Elizabeth Mulvaney, second at the chapter and state levels.
Fifth-grade winners were: Jenny Moore, first in the chapter and second in the state; Stephen White, second in the chapter and third in state; and Suzanne Miller, third in the chapter.
SARAH LOUANNE FLORY, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Randall K. Flory of Roanoke, has received the Centennial Commonwealth Citizenship Award from Randolph-Macon Woman's College, which she will attend this fall. She is a graduate of Northside High School.
TODD JASON LANGE, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Lange of Roanoke, was among 11 students from Hampden-Sydney College who recently completed a three-week study tour of Eastern Europe with particular emphasis on the Czech Republic.
The group traveled to Budapest, Hungary; Cracow, Poland; and Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
KATHERN E. LANPHEAR of Roanoke was named to the spring 1994 dean's list at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Lanphear is a journalism major.
BURMAN CLARK of Roanoke has been named president of the Roanoke Alumni Club of Randolph-Macon College. Clark, a 1988 graduate of the college, is an employee benefits broker with D&S Life Agency. The club holds local events for alumni, parents and friends of the college.
MORRIS L. MASINTER, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold P. Masinter of Cornwallis Avenue and a member of the Gettysburg College class of 1996, will spend the fall 1994 semester in London through a Regent's College program. Masinter is a 1992 graduate of Patrick Henry High School.
THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES has announced the names of Roanoke Valley residents who received associate in science degrees and certificates in May.
Roanoke residents in emergency health sciences-paramedic were: John P. Ayling, cum laude; Robert A. Franklin Jr.; John Cline Garber Jr. (summer graduate); Leisa Ferris McSherry; and Allen McKinley "Mac" Snead.
Those in health information management: Kimberly Charlene Bare, summa cum laude; Rebecca Ruble Erdmann (summer graduate); and Cassandra Zonniece McDaniel.
Nursing education: Suzanne Hollen Alexander; Marci A. Ault; Shirley Kilgore Baker; Carol R. Bryant, cum laude; Nora L. Carter, magna cum laude; Wendy Sheryl Carter; Robin Ann Catron-Vern; Debra Ann Dondelinger; Dana Renee Ferrell; Gregory A. Hall, cum laude; Myrna Illene Harper; Jamie Lynn Holder; Charles R. Jennings; Michelle Lorine Johnson; Arlene W. Mauk, cum laude; Lisa Lynn McCrady; Mary Elizabeth Miller; Melanie K. Morris; Tammy Echols Ogle; Carole Glass Paitsel; Bonnie E. Payne; Debra P. Peters, cum laude; Donna L. Semones; Lisa D. Sisson; Lisa A. Stanfill; Darrell Graham VanNess; and Ellen Faye Wimmer.
Occupational therapy assistant: Jennifer Lynn Moore (summer graduate); James Gary Nowlin, cum laude; Mary G. Nowlin, magna cum laude; Renee Louise Rauch, cum laude; Jennifer Ann Salzano; and Suzy Weddle.
Physical therapist assistant: Lucy Marie Portzer, magna cum laude; Jessica Danielle Smith, summa cum laude; Kim Cherie Stauffer, magna cum laude; and Stephen P. Williams.
Respiratory care: Brentino Bernard Barber; Mitzi Lynn Ferguson, magna cum laude; Douglas Prescott Hundley, cum laude; Alessandro H. Lione; Mark Andrew Manetta, summa cum laude; Robin Louise McGuire, cum laude; Shana Nicole Semones; and Allen Wade Tallant.
Certificates were awarded to: Cynthia J. Puffenbarger and Charles Frederick Wilkins Jr., with honors, emergency health sciences-paramedic; Michael S. Alley, with honors; Ronda Mashay Fizer and Annette Reed Jones, all in phlebotomy technician.
Salem residents receiving associate degrees were: Bonnie Hodges Chattin; William Dean Cole Jr. (summer graduate); Angela Dabbs Israel; and Barbara W. Metz, cum laude, nursing education; Jackson Howison Metcalf Jr., summa cum laude physical therapist assistant; William Jeffery Walton, magna cum laude, respiratory care.
Salem resident Elizabeth Ann Wright received the phlebotomy technician certificate.
Vinton residents receiving associate degrees were: Katherian Rotenberry Alderman, cum laude; Anita Marie Barton; Mary J. Bowman, magna cum laude; Kathleen Marie Ford; Lois Elaine Isom; Susan Taylor Woodson; and Kathy Doss Young, cum laude, all in nursing education; Karen Marie Sboray, occupational therapy assistant; Barbara D. Sacra, occupational therapy assistant.
Daleville resident Deborah Horne Jessen received the associate in science degree in occupational therapy assistant, summa cum laude.
Buchanan resident Ellen S. Morrow received the associate in science degree in health information management, magna cum laude.
Fincastle resident Jennifer L. Watson received the associate in science degree in nursing education, cum laude.
MARY BETH VENTURA of Roanoke has been placed on the Founder's Day List at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., by earning recognition for academic achievement during the second semester.
RANDY L. SHELL, son of Donald and Dorothy Shell of Roanoke, has received his master of science degree in mechanical engineering from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif. He is a senior engineer with Martin Marietta Corp. in Sunnyvale, Calif. Shell is a graduate of Cave Spring High School, Virginia Western Community College, Virginia Tech and the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
WILLIAM FLEMING HIGH SCHOOL was represented at the Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project Conference by Amanda Sheetz, Reginald Thompson, Taheerah Muhammad, Matthew Grogan and Joe Alisauskas. The conference at Longwood College was sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education to provide leadership training for youth involved in the ongoing effort to prevent alcohol, tobacco and other drug use by their peers.
Students were selected for their school team based on their leadership skills and their personal commitment to lead drug-free lives. More than 500 students and sponsors attended the conference.
CHRIS SURRUSCO, son of Dr. Richard and Barbara Surrusco of Roanoke, has been named to the spring semester dean's list at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa. He is a sophomore in the college of arts and sciences.
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