Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 30, 1994 TAG: 9406300214
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-11 EDITION: METRO
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Those receiving associate of arts degrees are: Jean H. Butler and Joan Elizabeth Stafford, professional secretarial-medical; Roben Denise King, Marty Minniear, Sheila Marie Patterson, Elizabeth Ann Reaves, Betty Ka Yee Shum, and Jason Scott Tanner, business administration-mangagement; Pamela C. Frost, Sandra Kaye Nichols, Alaina Ruble, Stephanie D. Coles, and Brian Scott Martin, business-administration-accounting; Douglas E. Dearmon and Kimberly A. Rhymer, computer science; Tracey Elizabeth Graves, office administration; Joy Renita Girty, computer applictions management; and David Wayne Wilson, medical assisting. All are from Roanoke.
Those from Salem who will receive associate of arts degrees are: Carol B. Barba Brenda Ann Burnop, and James Thomas Jenkins Jr., travel and tourism; Kevin Wayne Cable, computer applications management; Yvette Duncan, professional secretarial-legal; Laura Denise Gusse, and Christine Marie Thomas, medical assisting; Tracey Lynn Haworth, Merdith Ernest Ralston, Rose Marie F. Ralston, and David L. Smith, business administration-management; Cheryl A. Kay, professional secretarial-executive; Michael G. O'Connor and Renee L. Obenchain, business administration-accounting.
Also: Suzanne S. Belcher business administration-accounting; and Karen V. Lacks, medical assisting, both of Vinton; Sherri Ellen Campbell of Eagle Rock, professional secretarial-executive; Karen Sue Duffy of Fincastle, medical assisting; Douglas E. Huffman of Daleville, business administration-management; and Kathy Ann Huffman, business administration-management, and Laura Rachelle Looney, business administration-accounting, all of New Castle.
Diploma recipients are: Donna D. Lynn of Salem, accounting; Reda Clayton Compton of Vinton, administrative secretarial; and Margaret M. Thomson of Troutville, administrative secretarial.
Graduating with honors are: Sherri Lynn Burnett, Robin H. Burnette, Jean H. Butler, Reba Clayton Compton, Debora A. Davis, Phillip Nelson Martin, Richard Todd Neese, Merdith Ernest Ralston, Sandra P. Scott, David L. Smith, Margaret M. Thomson, highest honors, Donna B. Atkinson, Carol B. Barba, Suzanne S. Belcher, Wendelin D. Brooks, Robert William Cooper, Barbara T. Covey, Karen Sue Duffy, Pamela C. Frost, Kathy Ann Huffman, Karen V. Lacks, Penny Sue Mountcastle, Sheila Marie Patterson, Patsy P. Pitman, Rose Marie F. Ralston, Kimberly A. Rhymer and Betty Ka Yee Shun.
\ ROBERT E. GRECUS, of Roanoke, graduated from the State Police Academy. He will be assigned for duty in Prince William County.
\ FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY announced the names of its graduates. From Roanoke were: Tracy Leftwich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leftwich, cum laude with a Bachelor of Social Work; and Stephanie McLaughlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McLaughlin, with a B.S. degree.
\ BONNIE WHITLEY, math teacher at William Byrd High School, and her geometry classes were recently chosen to participate in the 1994 piloting of the New Standards Project tasks.
The project is a joint effort of the National Center on Education and the Economy and the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh which is designed to develop standards and assessments in mathematics for grades 4, 8 and 10. Whitley was one of 40 teachers selected from a group of 150 recommended teachers.
\ JEREMY TODD O'BRIEN, son of Jim and Chris O'Brien of Roanoke, was recently initiated into the Clemson University Chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta National Academic Honor Society.
Society membership is awarded to students who have a B+ or better academic average.
\ SEAN E. LOUGH of Roanoke graduated cum laude from the University of Loyola in New Orleans.
Lough received a bachelor of arts.
The guild's scholarship fund assists high school and college students who plan a career in arts and crafts fields. Four scholarships are awarded each year.
Danner is a rising senior at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
\ JULIA SOBOLL-FRY of Roanoke recently earned a bachelor of arts from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore.
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