
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 26, 1995                   TAG: 9503100002
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-9   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SCHOOL

SALEM HIGH SCHOOL has announced the names of four students who have been named Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board in recognition of exceptional achievement on placement examinations.

They are: Brent Sower, a Byrd and Monroe scholar at the College of William and Mary, who received an International Baccalaureate Diploma in July; and seniors Trent Edwards and Eric McMillan, and junior Abigail Johnson, all candidates for the international baccalaureate diploma.

JENNIFER SOSNOWSKI and TRENT EDWARDS, Salem High School students, are semifinalists in the 1995 National Merit Scholarship competition.

They were chosen from about 50,000 academically talented students to compete for scholarships that will be awarded in the spring.

VIRGINIA COLLEGE has announced the names of Roanoke-area students who have completed graduation requirements and those who were named to the president's list during the fall semester.

Those completing graduation requirements are: William A. Gunter, Michael R. Moore and Jonathan Sesay, all of Roanoke, and Patricia G. Sellers of Troutville.

Those named to the president's list are: Thomas E. Alderson, Kenneth M. Archer, William C. Dalton, Roty S. Dean, Brent S. Good, Jason W. Hale, Janet A. Johnson, Daniel L. Lewis III, Samuel G. Overstreet Jr., Amy D. Short, Edsel D. Stanley Jr., Darrell K. Trent, Hardin D. Yeuell, Damon A. Clement, David N. Cocram, Jonathan A. Dillon, Robert B. Huddleston III, John T. Kamara, Rodney E. Soldorfen, Sheila A. Welch, Barry L. Wilburn and Michael J. Wittmeier, all of Roanoke; Tina M. Aktkinson, Patricia E. Sloan and James A. Wright, all of Salem; Joseph H. McGhee of Vinton; and Kenneth W. Smith of New Castle.

by CNB