ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, September 3, 1996 TAG: 9609030021
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
MEMO: ***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on September 4, 1996.
Karen Wills' name was misspelled in Tuesday's New River Current
campus notes column.
Lindiwe Thabede of Blacksburg has a received a $5,000 presidential scholarship to attend Ashland University in Ohio. She will be a freshmen at the university this fall. The scholarship is based on academic accomplishments and given to incoming freshmen.
Thabede graduated from Blacksburg High School in May. She was a member of the National Honor Society, Students for Service and the German Club. She also was an editor on the yearbook staff, editor of the school literary magazine and co-vice president of the Black Awareness Club.
Eight students from New River Valley Community College participated in the statewide satellite recognition ceremony for the Old Dominion University TELETECHNET graduates in August. This was the first graduating class from the NRCC site. The students completed the last two years of their degrees without ever going to the Norfolk campus of Old Dominion University but through the university's distance learning program. The graduates are:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing: Donna Barbatti, Terri Brewer, Theresa Smart, Renee Steele.
Bachelor of Human Services Counseling: Sue Calfee, Matthew King.
Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences: Sandy Ingram.
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice: Mark Surber.
Dale Yontz of Wytheville is one of 26 students at Emory & Henry College to receive the Tobias Smyth Scholars for the 1996-97 academic year. The scholarship, which is in memory of one of the college's founders, is given to first-year students.
Arlene R. Crockett of Wytheville is a recipient of the Brown, Edwards & company Accounting Achievement Award. She will receive a $500 scholarship.
Crockett is an accounting major at Virginia Tech where her daughter Jessica also attends school. She expects to graduate in December 1997. She is the former owner and manager of Crockett's Cove Fashions. She currently is a member of the Wythe County Republican Women.
Dianne Mullins of Christiansburg is one of the first students at Virginia Tech to receive the Hokie Spirit Scholarship. Mullins is a junior majoring in management science. She maintains a 3.95 grade point average and is a member of several honor societies, including the Garnet and Gold Women's Honor Society, Mortar Board.
Mullins is also a member of NonTraditional Student Organization. Mullins is a single mother of two who returned to school after years of parenting and working part-time. She started her studies at Virginia Highlands Community College in Abingdon and transferred to Virginia Tech in 1995.
Hokie Spirit Scholarships are completely funded by the sale of Virginia Tech license plates in the state of Virginia. The scholarship will cover the cost of Mullins' tuition and fees. Scholarships are determined through an application and interview process. A total of eight full scholarships were awarded for the 1996-97 school year and two scholarships of $1,500.
Natasha S. Mabry recently received an associates degree in paralegal from Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Mabry now is a paralegal and office manager at the Barry Law Firm in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Mabry received her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of South Carolina in 1994. A 1989 graduate of Radford High School, she is the daughter of Karen Willis of Radford.
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