ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: THURSDAY, September 7, 1995                   TAG: 9509080010
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W11   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SCHOOL

VIRGINIA TECH has named several Roanoke-area students to its 1995 spring dean's list.

From Roanoke: Sarah Adams, Jeffrey G. Asher, Michael D. Atkins, Yvonne M. Belanger, Katrina L. Blalock, Robert B. Bono, Richard M. Boothe, Jonathan N. Bowman, Abraham D. Boynton, Robert D. Bratton, Rebecca P. Brittain, Sara R. Casey, Karen A. Chappell, Lindsay S. Cheng, Nihk Q. Chong, Angela N. Clowers, Stephen D. Collins, Lewis A. Conner, Scott J. Cooney, Lisa A. Crickenberger, Brian A. Davis, Dana L. Dibling, Kimberly L. Dixon, Patricia L. Donahue, Jonathan L. Dubovsky, Scott E. Fayed, Jennifer D. Ferrell, Heather L. Gentry, Laurie L. George, Tiffany A. Graybeal, MIchelle L. Gregory, John A. Hamill, Keisha M. Harrington, Jennifer L. Hicks, Kristen M. Humphries, Jared B. Jamison, Raymond P. Kaczmarek, Katharine A. Kennedy, Katherine G. King, Christopher S. Kite, Brian D. Kolarik, Erin E. Layne, Jennifer P. Lothes, Christian T. Lovern, Laurie P. McGhee, Robert R. Mitchell III, Dina A. Nassif, Sallie L. Padgett, John H. Poage, Barry M. Powell, Anthony C. Prillaman, Jason A. Quarles, Kristy F. Ratcliffe, Stephanie M. Reynolds, Keith M. Sarver, Kevin P. Scharpf, Steven M. Semones, Robin M. Shores, Christy L. Smith, Mary L. Spiller, Sarah E. Stancil, Connie B. Steele, Jennifer A. Strader, Michael S. Sutton, Martha R. Tracy, Matthew T. Trivett, Rebekah J. Turner, Courtney M. Williams, Julie K. Wimmer, Phillip E. Wiseman, April D. Young.

From Salem: Terri S. Beamer, Joseph S. Berenbaum, Alison K. Bolt, Roxana L. Bone, Amy M. Brewer, Danita G. Brooks, Cecelia Q. Fitzgerald, Lale D. Gokbudak, Amy L. Hagen, James A. Hiner, Scott A. Hite, Michael R. Linkous, Whitney N. Long, Matthew B. Lovell, Heather C. Moore, Mandy Morris, Sinyoung Park, Kathy L. Pesta, Amy M. Peterson, Matthew A. Plecity, Vanessa G. Rorer, Kelly M. Sennstrom, Jennifer A. Speigel, Ashley D. Tayloe.

From Vinton: Krista S. Calhoun, Kellie S. Conner, Charlotte C. Hicks, Gregory A. Kessler, Lisa M. Overstreet, Joseph A. Wood.

Also, Cory J. Akins and Shelley A. Risch both of Blue Ridge; Dana N. Blount, Leslie L. Crow, Beth A. Huffman and Heather M. Osborne all of Troutville; and Stephen D. Clinton of Daleville.

LIANA DENISE ROBINSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Robinson of Roanoke, was recently named to the spring semester dean's list at Hood College in Frederick, Md. Robinson is a 1992 graduate of Northside High School.

MARY BREWER LORITSCH, a professor of radiography at Virginia Western Community College, has received a doctor of education degree from Virginia Tech. Her degree was from the education division of curriculum and instruction with a specialization in community health. In addition to completing her doctoral degree, Loritsch was named a Fellow at the 75th American Society of Radiologic Technologists annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is only the fourth technologist from Virginia to receive the honor.

DAWN WEAVER, a William Byrd High School teacher, has won the Blue Ridge Regional Education and Training Council's "World of Work" award in the marketing education division.

STEVE OLIVER, an Arnold R. Burton Technology Center instructor in Salem, has won the Blue Ridge Regional Education and Training Council's "World of Work" award in the precision machining/technology division.

MARLENE H. WINE, a sixth -grade teacher at Northside Middle School, participated in a four-week summer institute, "Personal and Social Perspectives on Sciences," at the University of Texas in Austin.

Wine was selected to attend by the National Science Teachers Association.

RYAN KETRON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ketron, has been named to the 1994-95 Trans American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. The TAAC All-Academic Team consists of student-athletes who earn a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average during the season.

Ketron attends Campbell University, Buies Creek, N.C.

THE LEWIS-GALE FOUNDATION has awarded nearly $85,000 in scholarship funds to students for the 1995-96 academic year.

Those recipients from Salem are: Beth A. Stec, Patricia L. Garrison, Evelyn K. Rubongoya, William K. Russell, Christian N. Gring, Melissa D. Culverhouse, Jagruti R. Patel, A. Darlene Davis, Sharon M. Metcalf.

Those recipients from Roanoke are: Jodi A. Thomas, Jeffrey B. Welch, Patrick P. Tison, Terry B. McIlhany, Dawn M. Ellison, Patricia A. Patsel, Wendi D. Jobe, Robin M. Kyle, Deborah L. Bacchus, Orie R. Onwuka, Angela M. Fariss, Lillian M. Tomes, Amy N. Brown, Eve A. Metayer, Kathryn C. Harris, Judy T. Bower, Ginger G. Repass, Whitney S. Leftwich, Amy M. Fisher, Grace A. Nofsinger, Lisa C. Groop, Joanne J. Youngblood, Earnest V. Slusser, Denise R. Godfrey, Gail L. Nordhaus, Christina M. Strausbaugh, Jennifer L. Riedl, Nancy R. Akers, Darlene R. Arrington, Loan H. Truong.

CHRIS C. ROSEBERRY of Roanoke was named to the dean's list for the spring 1995 quarter at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. Roseberry is a senior majoring in justice studies.

CLAY ETHA PETERS of Roanoke has graduated from Regents College of the University of the State of New York in Albany.

ELISABETH L. CARTER of Eagle Rock was named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Concord College in Athens, W.Va.

MATTHEW P. TOMLINSON, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tomlinson of Roanoke, was named a national award winner in science by the United States Achievement Academy and will appear in the academy's Official Collegiate Yearbook, which is published nationally.

Tomlinson is an eighth-grader at Northside Middle School.

ANDREW J. SHERNOFF, son of Army Lt. Col. Alan F. Shernoff of Roanoke, has received a $500 college scholarship from the Reserve Officers Association of the United States.

The scholarship honors Henry J. Reilly, the late Army Reserve brigadier general who was a founder and the first president of the ROA.

Shernoff, a sophomore at the University of Virginia, received one of 100 scholarships given nationally.

ALEGANDRO WILLE, son of Guillermo and Cecilla Wille of Roanoke, was among 174 students who participated in the 1995 Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth at Western Kentucky University.

Participants had to take a college admissions test in the seventh grade and achieve scores comparable to those of college-bound high school seniors. Wille attends Cave Spring Junior High School.

TIM OVERSTREET, a science teacher at Liberty High School, completed an Institute in Chemical Reactions at the University of Northern Colorado.

The four-week Institute focused on what all school students should be expected to know and do related to chemistry and chemical reactions.

BRAD MOSER of Salem, was the winning student artist in the 1995 Congressional high school art exhibit, which opened recently in Washington, D.C.

Moser's art entries will be displayed in a corridor leading to the U.S. Capitol until May 1996.

JENNIFER NICOLE MARTIN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Martin of Roanoke, received a bachelor of arts degree in communication arts from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn.

BRIAN SIMPSON, son of Johnny and Pam Simpson of Roanoke and a senior at Northside High School, attended the National Young Leaders Conference in July in Washington, D.C. The conference is a leadership development program for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit. Three hundred and fifty students from across America were selected for the conference.

CHARLIE BENNETT, son of Denise and Robert Bennett of Catawba, has been designated as a 1995-96 Tobias Smyth Scholar at Emory & Henry College. The $500 scholarship honors Smyth, one of Emory & Henry's founders and is given to first-year students who exhibit characteristics of leadership and academic excellence.

Bennett is a graduate of Northside High School.

MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE recently announced the names of several Roanoke-area graduates.

Those from Roanoke are: Linda Tracie Boothe, Betty Lou Carter, Susan Jones Davis, Micky Graham Gross, Melissa Jane Hoover, Mary Dillon Lyons, Karen Litzsinger Mays, Kathleen Finnegan Metzler, Stephanie M. Muska, Gina Duval Perez, Sharon C. Presley, Jacquelyn Arnold Stern, Veronica Viceroy VanDeventer, and Susan A. Walton.

Also, Gregory Todd Bowyer and Suzanne E. Robertson, both of Blue Ridge, Beth Montgomery Meador Saunders of Vinton, and Kerensa Lissette Waid of Salem.

HARRIS B. HUTKIN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Hutkin of Roanoke, and ELIZABETH C. LONG, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Long of Roanoke, both received degrees from the University of Richmond. Hutkin received a bachelor of science degree in business administration and Long received a bachelor of arts degree.

ROANOKE COLLEGE recently announced the names of several Roanoke-area graduates.

Those from Roanoke are: Randall A. Francis, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Francis; Susan E. Johnston, daughter of Mrs. Judy Davidson; and William F. Jones Jr.

Those from Salem are: Douglas W. Bright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Bright; Andrew C. Crook; Lisa G. Moles; Richard F. Sarver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. Sarver.

Those from Vinton are: Jessie G. Blount, son of Mr. Kenneth L. Blount and Brian M. Sowers, son of David and Sandra Sowers.

STEPHEN A. CLAYBORNE, son of Barbara H. Clayborne of Roanoke, was named to the dean's list at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga.

Clayborne is a graduate of William Fleming High School.

JOHN W. HOUCHINS, son of Bill and Becky Houchins of Boones Mill, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Lenoir-Rhyne College.

Houchins also has been selected for membership in the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society and has received a $1,000 renewable Presidential Scholarship, a $1,900 SGA Leadership award, and has been named the Male Sophomore of the Year.



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