ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, September 26, 1996 TAG: 9609260023
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-10 EDITION: METRO
DOMONIQUE EDWARDS AND ROBIN BONDS, both of Roanoke, are the first recipients of the new "If I Can Help Somebody" scholarships at Virginia Western Community College. Two $250 scholarships will be awarded every fall and spring semester.
The scholarship was founded by Greta Evans in memory of her mother, Amanda Pleasant Smith, to help talented black students attend Virginia Western.
SHARON PAGE CARTER, daughter of Glenn and Suzanne Thornhill of Roanoke, recently received a master's degree in business management from Georgia Tech.
Carter is a graduate of Cave Spring High School and Virginia Tech.
VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE has announced the names of graduates from its new truck driver training program. The graduates are: Cheryl Bonds, Peter Devos, Hugh Flannagan, Kenneth Johnson, Jeffrey Morgan, David Nicely, Charles Perdue and Ronald Settle.
KIRSTEN STEWART, daughter of Connie Crites of Roanoke, recently received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Lipscomb University in Nashville.
RADFORD UNIVERSITY recently awarded degrees to Roanoke-area students. Receiving bachelor of science degrees were:
From Roanoke: Amina Al-Hindi, Andrea Hager, Peter McKenna, Emilie Thompson, Elizabeth Bivens, William Hurst, Deborah Lennon, Nancy Willis, Tsu-Lan Yu, Tomika Miller, Elizabeth Walker, Felicia White, Debra Bright, Kimberly Vest, Troy Bryant, Lynne Cauble, Jennifer Hervis, Jay McLendon, Elizabeth Neal, Jessica Schenker, Kimberly Shealy, Patricia Fisher, Sarah Hollett, Bryan Justice, Christina Sparks and Sarah Wilkerson.
From Vinton: Andrew Bailey, Mark Miner, Samuel Taylor IV and Christianne Stead.
From Troutville: Elaine Moore and Mitzi Tuck.
From Blue Ridge: Kimberly Robertson.
Receiving bachelor of business administration degrees were: Melissa Belcher, Crystal Hutchinson and Jeffrey Cooke, all of Roanoke; and Richard Cecil of Troutville.
Receiving master of science degrees were: Kevin Roche, Dixie Barnes, Henry Kelley, Kimberly Daniels, Debbie Hogan, Terrell Holbrook, Lindsey Livesay, Lexi Hanes, Robert Young Jr. and Soon Bok Esther Park, all of Roanoke; and Debra Boyd of Troutville.
Also, Sharon Whiteside of Roanoke received a bachelor of general studies degree, and William Baugh of Roanoke received a bachelor of music degree.
YASMIN DARA JILLA recently received the John W. Hancock Jr. Scholarship Award sponsored by the Center in the Square. Jilla, a graduate of Northside High School, is a second-year student at the University of Virginia where she is an Echol Scholar studying pre-med and history.
JAY BONDS AND JOY BOWLING of Roanoke recently participated in the Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This program, which allows undergraduates to conduct research under close faculty supervision, is designed to increase the number of minority students who attend graduate school.
Bonds, a student at Duke University, studied political science.
Bowling, a student at the University of Virginia, studied systems engineering.
CANDACE DUNN of Roanoke was named to the dean's list for the summer session at East Tennessee State University.
EDWARD SMITH of Roanoke has been awarded the Aubrey Hunter Jobe Scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year at East Tennessee State University. This scholarship is awarded to graduates of Northside High School who exhibit academic excellence and leadership ability and are involved in the community.
MARK E. FELDMANN JR., son of Mark and Whitney Feldmann of Roanoke, was awarded the Samuel S. Jones Phi Beta Kappa Award at Hampden-Sydney College.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY recently announced the names of two Roanoke students who have been named to the dean's list for the spring semester. They are Jennifer Ruth Nevin, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Marc Nevin, and Steven Terry Turner, son of Shirley Turner.
BENJAMIN W. DALTON of Salem has been elected national vice president of the American Sociological Association's Honors Program Student Association.
Dalton, a graduate of Cave Spring High School, is a senior sociology major at Roanoke College.
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