Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, September 15, 1994 TAG: 9410270016
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W6 EDITION: METRO
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Glenda R. Morris received the Wal-Mart Retailing Award; Alison L. Scott received the Outstanding Student in Hotel-Restaurant Management Award and Pizza Hut Scholarship; and Elaina M. Schyphers received the Banfi Vinters Scholarship.
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.
ROANOKE COLLEGE'S DEAN'S COUNCIL recently presented its 1994 Award for Exemplary Teaching to Bobbye Au and its Award for Exemplary Service to James Buriak.
Au, professor of English and director of the Honors Program, has previously been recognized for her commitment to teaching. In 1989, she was chosen Outstanding Professor of the Year by the college's chapters of Cardinal and Blue Key, and this year she was elected by the students, faculty and staff to be a member of the "Last Lecture" series.
Buriak, who has been at Roanoke College for 13 years, is an assistant professor of physical education and an athletic trainer.
KENNETH S. REEDY, a special representative for the Franklin Life Insurance Co., has graduated from the company's Trainee Associate Program Congress VIII.
Reedy, from Salem, is a senior at Roanoke College and is involved in Franklin's internship program.
JOHN CAPPS and YVONNE ELLIOTT, both associate professors of English at Virginia Western Community College, recently completed requirements for doctorate degrees.
Capps earned an Ed.D. in English Education from Virginia Tech, and Elliott earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY awarded degrees to the following area students during its recent graduation: Kristen L. Blalock, Amanda M. Breeding, Andrea Y. Brown, Karen C. Burns, Michael D. Carr, Daryl E. Cronk, Mark F. Dudley, Joseph K. Edmonds, Jennifer A. Foster, Erin G. Garvin, Charles V. Hinton, Sheri L. Jones, Christopher P. Lupton, Joy C. Meador, Andrew M. Monsour, Aimee M. Ratliff, Katrina E. Ross, Alison L. Scott, Erica L. Seligman, Rebecca K. Sherman, Michelle L. Stough, Tenita L. Stuart, Kyra L. Taylor, Michele L. Turpin, Jennifer A. Venable, and Christopher M. West, all fom Roanoke; Jason W. Bond, Tia L. Brown, and Traci L. Showalter, from Troutville; Jacqueline L. Atkins, Valerie A. Conner, and Charles E. Robertson, all of Vinton; William M. Hunt, Aleasea Y. Johnson, Brent S. Munsey, and Diron D. Smith, all of Salem; Charles C. Livergood of Blue Ridge; Suzanne L. Wright of Eagle Rock.
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.
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.
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.
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