ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, September 5, 1996 TAG: 9609050047
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-7 EDITION: METRO
JANE M. HORNER AND SUMMER D. HOLDEN, both of Roanoke, recently were named 1996-97 Presidential Scholars at Emory & Henry College. Presidential Scholars, selected for their academic excellence and leadership ability, receive a $2,000 scholarship for their first year of college.
Horner, daughter of Ann-Marie Horner, is a graduate of Cave Spring High School.
Holden, daughter of Linda Jennings and Jack Holden, is a graduate of Salem High School.
VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE has named 10 Roanoke-area students to its president's honors list for the summer semester.
The students from Roanoke are: Emily Allie, Patrick Bullion, John Hodge, Michael Morris Jr., Dietrich Oelschlager, Laura Rosenbaum and Jeffrey Williams.
The students from Salem are: Toshie Imada and John Rodman.
Also, Claudia Spence from New Castle.
EILEEN HOUSTON AND GOANG NGUYEN, both of Roanoke, were recently named to the dean's list for the summer semester at Virginia Western Community College.
WILLIAM M. LEVEY of Roanoke was recently named to the Founder's Day list for semester II at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
THE HOOKER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION has awarded five Roanoke-area students college scholarships. Receiving scholarships are: Cao Nguyen, Dilinh Nguyen and Moc Chau Nguyen, the children of Trung Q. Nguyen and Phuong Thi Truong of Roanoke; and Mark A. Sweeney, son of Sandra and Lester Sweeney of Troutville.
VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE recently awarded degrees to the following area students:
From Roanoke: Robert Barnett, Tameka Barnett, Wendy Blake, Frederick Britten, Shirl Burnette, Gloria Dowe, Joyce Greer, Diana Hackworth, Michele Harrah, Carolina Hicks, Eileen Houston, Bernnell Kindzred Jr., Octavio Latino, Rita Levesy, Mandeline Lucas, Brenda Maciel, Jackie Malcolm, Rachel Mardian, Donna Maxey, Casey McCullouch, Dana McKissick, Chuong H. Nguyen, Huy Nguyen, Maria D. Noell, Tona A. Ofathaigh, Elizabeth Patterson, Donna Perkins, William Persinger, Daniel Plybon, Lorrie Poff, Charity Potter, Angela Price, Tammy Reed, Jacqueline Robinson, Melanie Salyers, Hope Schilling, Marlene Starkey, Carla Stegall, Kelly Stroud, Joshua Toler, Susan Walton, Stephanie Willoughby, Ronald Willson and Amy Young.
From Salem: Melissa Culverhouse, Alfie Huang, Brian Kyle, Jagruti Patel, Pamela Procejus, Darrell Robinson, Linda Saunders, Brian Shelor, Belinda Smith, Amber Snead, John Williams and Cameron Zeigler.
From Vinton: Samuel Brown, Walter Duke, Jeff Hayden and Tammy Wheeler.
From Troutville: Marie Northington and Brandye Wertz.
Also receiving degrees are: Joyce Davison of Blue Ridge, Carla Wright of Catawba, Kimberly Jones of Cloverdale, Rebekah Turner of Daleville and Suzanne Taylor of New Castle.
VIRGINIA TECH named the following Roanoke-area students to the dean's list:
From Roanoke: Michelle Adams, Sarah Adams, Adam Adkins, Doris Arthur, Michael Atkins, James Austin, Hillary Baker, Christina Barnes, Dana Bauman, Shannan Billings, John Bird, Robert Bono, Jonathan Bowman, Jeannine Brinegar, Rebecca Brittain, Albert Bruzgul, Karen Chappell, Angela Clowers, Stephen Collins, Christopher Cox, Roody Crosby, Carolyn Cundiff, Elizabeth Davis, Michelle Dent, Brian Dillard, Patricia Donahue, Danny Feathers, Jennifer Ferrell, Heather Gentry, Jeffrey Grasty, Ryan Groth, Keri Hansen, Keisha Harrington, James Helms, Mark Hoback, Bryan Holland, Holly Hurt, Jared Jamison, Amy Johnson, Tiffany Kelso, Katharine Kennedy, Erik Kittelson, Brian Kolarik, Joshua Lachowicz, Diane Lane, Jason Lavinder, Erin Layne, Joyce Logan, Jennifer Magness, Brandy Markell, Joy Marraccini, Laurie McGhee, Jeffrey McInnis, Robert Mitchell, Matthew Mitchell, Andrea Nackley, Stacie Nixon, John Oh, Virginia Oliver, Michael Parks, Bradley Patton, Lauren R Phillips, Timothy Plunkett, Steven Priebe, Anthony Prillaman, David Propst, Jason Quarles, Kristy Ratcliffe, George Robinson, Laurie Sallee, Keith Sarver, Braden Saunders, Sherri Schuyler, Sarah Sharpley, Michael Shaver, Catherine Shaw, Christy Smith, Thad Snyder, Michael Stanley, Jennifer Strader, Michael Sutton, Decca Taliaferro, Gregory Tinsley, Matthew Trivett, Kristin Trout, Tri Tu, Rebekah Turner, Johnny Vaughan, Tuan Vu, William Wade, Susan Williams, Phillip Wiseman and Erika Woods.
From Fincastle: Kristi Johnson and Bridget Scanlan.
From Salem: Ashley Tayloe, Deborah Grant, Charles Line, Christopher Vance, Lale Gokbudak, Kelly Sennstrom, Amy Hagen, Matthew Lovell, Michael Ashwell, Amy Lucas, Candice Key, Richard D'Atre, Kathy Pesta, Amy Peterson, Denyse Anderson, Mandy Morris, Amy Brewer, Shawna Otey, Robyn Amos, Angela Thomasson, Kimberly Dunn, John Boyer, Michele Clouser, Heather Moore, Matthew Plecity, Alison Bolt, Brad Shearer, Jennifer Speigel, Michele Williamson, Shannon Bowles and Alice Kennedy.
From Vinton: Laura Blount, John Conner, Kesha Thomas, Bryan Saunders, Wendy Chaney and Brenda Linkous.
Also, Letitia Latta from Daleville.
VIRGINIA TECH recently awarded degrees to the following Roanoke-area students:
From Roanoke: Sarah Adams, Tameka Anderson, Michael Atkins, Jeffery Bartlett, Amy Bergendahl, Shannan Billings, Robert Bishop, Katrina Blalock, Albert Bruzgul, Susan Butler, Elizabeth Buxton, Richard Clark, Angela Clowers, Stephen Collins, Carolyn Cundiff, James Davis, Heather Dent, Patricia Donahue, John Eakin, Danny Feathers, Karen Fisher, Linda Fore, Keith Garland, April Gloyd, Michelle Gregory, Keri Hansen, Rhonda Harper, Keisha Harrington, Maureen Hartmann, John Hawthorne, Stephen Hensley, Bryan Holland, Catherine Hunt, Lela Hurt, Jared Jamison, Eugene Kaiser, Tiffany Kelso, Erik Kittelson, Maurie Knuppel, David Lam, John Larkins, Jason Lavinder, Donna Lee, Hao Mai, Christopher Matheny, Laurie McGhee, Jeffrey McInnis, Laura Mofield, Alice Moore, Constance Moore, Linda Nemes, John Oh, Lisa Overstreet, Mukund Patel, Pieush Patel, Robert Patrick, Steven Priebe, David Robinson, Arshia Sabir, Laurie Sallee, Tracy Saunders, Sherri Schuyler, Christy Shell, Robert Shelton, Tyler Shelton, Michael Stanley, Keli Sutherland, Anthony Sweeney, Ravi Thakkar, Matthew Trivett, Kristin Trout, Scott Updike, Eric Vest, Kimberleigh White, Charles Wilson, Stacy Wimmer, Lori Winesett, Phillip Wiseman, James Yancey, April Young and Jessica Young.
From Salem: Denyse Anderson, Cory Batts, Kevin Blackwell, John Boyer, Clinton Brackman, Rebecca Clark, Michele Clouser, Michael Conklin, Leonard Cooper, Cara Copenhaver, Mary Earp, Marion Frazier, Lale Gokbudak, Amy Hagen, Steven Hagen, Scott Hite, Patrick LaPlace, Whitney Long, Matthew Lovell, Amy Lucas, Stephen Magenbauer, Margot Marshall, Shaine Miles, Mandy Morris, Stacy Morris, Larry O'Dell, Amy Peterson, David Pettengill, Kyle Ratliff, Kelly Sennstrom, Frank Thomas, April Watt and Addison Wolfe.
From Vinton: Laura Blount, Wendy Chaney, Heather Cunningham, Michael Hurt, Jacqueline McNulty and Manda Wheeler.
From Fincastle: Bridget Scanlan and Shirley Whorley.
MARK CRITZER AND RICHARD VON GEMMINGEN of Roanoke recently received bachelor of science degrees in electrical engineering technology from Old Dominion University through the Teletechnet program at Virginia Western Community College.
JENNIFER HALL of Salem has been awarded the Edith Stevens Award and an Advanced Honors Program Scholarship from Longwood College.
The Stevens award is given annually to a junior biology major, and the scholarship rewards academic achievement by an Honors student.
STEVEN T. TURNER, son of Shirley D. Turner of Roanoke, has been awarded the Martin G. Larrabee Award for undergraduate research in physics at Johns Hopkins University. Turner graduated in May with a degree in biophysics.
BRIAN WESLEY THOMPSON, son of Wesley and Jean Thompson of Roanoke, graduated with distinction from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in May with a degree in anthropology. He was named to the dean's list both semesters during his final year.
KATHERINE A. COMBITHS of Roanoke was inducted into the Virginia Delta Chapter of Alpha Chi, the national honor scholarship society, during the spring term at Roanoke College.
She is a graduate of Cave Spring High School.
RYAN JENNINGS, daughter of Geoffrey and Susan Jennings of Roanoke, was named to the dean's list at the College of William and Mary for the spring and fall semesters.
She was also inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta National Academic Honor Society for Freshmen and the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.
She is a 1995 graduate of North Cross High School.
JEFFREY OLSEN of Roanoke has been named to the dean's list at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa.
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