Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 21, 1995 TAG: 9509210011
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
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.
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.
CHRISTOPHER HERRING HANCOCK, son of Kathleen McMillen Hancock of Roanoke and William H. Hancock of Union, W.Va., will serve as prefect during his senior year at Woodberry Forest School.
As a prefect, Hancock and 18 other students will administer the honor system and assist with dormitory supervision.
JOANNE V. JAMES of Roanoke, has been awarded a New York Life Foundation Scholarship for Women in the Health Professions in the amount of $1,000.
James is a student in the nursing program at Virginia Western Community College.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
JACK PADEN-TRAVERS, and ERICA SMITH, both of Roanoke were among 24 teachers selected to participate in the Virginia Historical Society Teachers' Institute, in Richmond.
Paden-Travers of Community School and Smith of Cave Spring High School studied topics in Virginia history for re-certification and graduate credit, attended lectures and participated in scholar-led discussion groups.
CARLA TOMS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Toms of Roanoke, received a 1995-96 Stuart T. Saunders Scholarship at Roanoke College. The scholarship honors the late Saunders, a Roanoke College graduate and former Norfolk and Western Railway president.
ROLANDA MOORE of Roanoke has been invited to attend the U.S./Spain Joint Conference on Education in Barcelona, Spain in December. The conference is a joint effort by the University of Barcelona and the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People to bring together U.S. educators and their Spanish counterparts to share ideas about learning and teaching. She is a retired math teacher.
WENDY L. CONNER, daughter of Andrew R. Conner and Claudia Jenkins, has been named a United States National Collegiate award winner in nursing by the United States Achievement Academy.
DABNEY ELIZABETH EDWARDS, daughter of John and Cathye Edwards of Roanoke, recently participated in the Presidential Classroom's 1995 Senior High School Program in Washington, D.C.
Edwards and students from 42 states and various foreign countries spent a week with government leaders and transition officials learning about the democratic process.
Edwards also has been named a United States National Award winner by the United States Achievement Academy.
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