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July 9, 2012

Education Newsmakers: 07/09/2012

  • Kayla Kermode, of Maple City, recently graduated from Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif.
  • The following students received scholarships from the Glen Lake Women’s Club. The following were awarded $1,500 scholarships to Northwestern Michigan College: Madison Gerding, Casey Kahler, Marriah Sobczak, Robert Peplinski, Nathan Therrien, Brittany Noonan, Cheryle Harrington, Shane Carlson, and Austin Flees. A $1,000 scholarship went to a 2011 winner, Karoline Griffard. Andrew Gutzka won the $2,000 Jeanine Wessinger Dean Scholarship. Sarah Scarborough and Logan Marr won scholarships to Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. GLWC will also donate $1,000 to the Laker Leadership Retreat, their program for ninth-graders.
  • Jennifer Chantalle Ghering recently graduated from Lake Superior State University, cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with minors in substance abuse counseling and criminal justice. She will pursue her master’s degree at Grand Valley State University in Traverse City at the Northwestern Michigan College University Center campus.
  • The Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District Career-Tech Center student and Kingsley High School graduate Makya Voight earned his second consecutive state champion title in Marine Service Technology during the Annual Skills USA State Leadership Conference held in Lansing.
  • Seven Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District Career-Tech Center students earned top awards in the National Cherry Festival 2012 Art Competition: Brook Olesnavage, Leland High School; Marissa Lindsay, Home Schooled; Nicole Ballard, Benzie High School; Molly Longton, Traverse City West Senior High; Mandy Collins, Kalkaska High School; Julius Bush, Elk Rapids High School; Devyn Mathias, Kingsley High School.
  • Alumni from three different decades have been named as Northwestern Michigan College’s 2012 Outstanding Alumni: Kathleen McManus, who earned a nursing degree in 1974 and is now executive vice president and chief operating officer at Munson Medical Center; Steven Rawlings, a 1991 aviation alumnus who is now regional manager of corporate and government affairs for DTE Energy; Timothy Young, a 1982 graduate who is founder, president and chef of Food For Thought, Benzie County-based creators of organic and wild-harvested gourmet specialty foods.

     

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