Published: August 12, 2008 10:02 pm         

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Edmond Students Graduate from NOC

Six Edmond students have earned associate degrees from Northern Oklahoma College at the close of the spring semester.

Andrew McQuade and Kevin Sorrell graduated summa cum laude (with highest distinction). Summa cum laude recognizes graduates maintaining a 3.75 to 4.00 grade-point average. McQuade, son of Matt and Suzanne McQuade, earned an Associate in Art (AA) degree in Speech Theatre. Sorrell earned an Associate in Applied Science degree in Office Management.

Earning Associate in Science degrees were Carly Hiltgen, Biology/Zoology; and Jason Scherler and Mark Shockley, General Studies. Michael McNeil received an AA degree in Social Science. Hiltgen is the daughter of Cary and Lisa Hiltgen. Scherler is the son of Cathy Scherler and Shockley is the son of Dennis Shockley. McNeil’s parents are Rick and Muffin McNeil.

A total of 381 graduates completed requirements for their degrees in Arts, Science and Applied Science during the spring 2008 semester. For more information, visit the college website at www.north-ok.edu.

Edmond native honored with SNU’s highest undergraduate award

Southern Nazarene University has awarded two local students the President’s Award at the spring commencement. Recipients of the highest award given by SNU are selected by vote of the faculty and administration.

Morgan Rains Green, Edmond native and current Bethany resident, and J.K. Feisal, of Bethany, received the 69th President’s Award given to traditional program graduates.

Green and Feisal earned summa cum laude bachelors of science degrees in biology and chemistry. Both were University Marshalls, initiated as members of Mortar Board, Alpha Epsilon Delta, the premedical honor society, and Phi Delta Lambda, the honor society of the colleges and universities of the Church of the Nazarene, and selected by the student body and faculty to Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities. Each had been a student mentor for the new student orientation program and served the Alumni Association as President’s Ambassadors.

In addition to the awards and honors mentioned above, Green received an Honors Scholarship, the NASA scholarship, and was selected to the National Dean’s List. Her senior year, she was selected to serve on one of the university committees preparing for accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.

She served multiple years as a volunteer on the Campus Ministries Council of the Student Government Association and is an active participant in her local church, Oklahoma City First Church of the Nazarene. She’s served children in summer ministries and as a camp counselor.

Green has begun classes at the University of Oklahoma Physician Associate program at the OU Health Science Center. Green is married to SNU classmate Michael Green and is the daughter of Rick and Debbie Rains of Edmond.

The President’s Award is given on the basis of academic excellence, service, leadership in campus co-curricular programs, and representation of the qualities reflected in the university’s motto: Character, Culture, Christ.

Langston University boasts lowest tuition rate among four-year state institutions

LANGSTON — With high gas prices and an overall increase in the cost of living, students may be glad to know that Langston University currently offers the lowest tuition rate among four-year institutions in the state of Oklahoma.

It’s not by chance that LU has the lowest tuition rates but rather by design, says Angela Kelso- Watson, vice president for Fiscal & Administrative Affairs.

Tuition on Langston’s main campus for Fiscal Year 2009 is $88 per credit hour. For a resident, undergraduate student on main campus taking 30 credit hours, residing in Centennial Court Apartments and with a 19 meal plan with a $50 declining balance, it would cost $10,816.50 for the year; tuition alone would be $2,640 with these same assumptions.

Langston has experienced many structural changes over the years which have caused its tuition structures to be different on all three (Langston, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa) campuses, Kelso-Watson said.

About two years ago, the institution implemented a plan to bring parity to the three campus tuition structures, so that by next year the rates on all campuses will have parity.

As a result of this plan, there were no increases in tuition or mandatory fees at LU’s Oklahoma City campus for resident and graduate students for 2008 and 2009.

Lower tuition costs don’t compromise the quality of education a student will receive at LU. More than 60 percent of the faculty holds advanced degrees and the institution has an 18-1 student-teacher ratio.

Oklahoma State releases 2008 summer honor rolls

A total of 1,047 students were named to the 2008 summer honor rolls at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, including 544 students who received all “A” grades and were named to the President’s Honor Roll.

Full-time undergraduate students who completed six or more hours with a grade point average of 4.00 were placed on the President’s Honor Roll. Students who completed six or more hours with a grade point average of 3.50 or higher with no grade below a “C” were placed on the Dean’s Honor Roll.

Grades earned through correspondence classes may not be included in meeting the minimum enrollment or grade point average required for an honor roll.

Student names are listed by the towns they have designated as their hometowns. A complete in-state and out-of-state honor roll list is online athttp://osu.okstate.edu/honorroll/.

An asterisk (*) indicates the President’s Honor Roll.

Edmond students named to OSU’s honor rolls are:

*Alexander, James Darrel Jr.; Colbert, Lauren Elise; *Findley, Miles Carpenter; Ogunyomi, Jennifer Olubunmi; *Thomas, Karlyse Kathleen; Decker, Paige Colleen; *Koehler, Michael Otto; *Miller, Amanda Caitlin; Morgan, Blake Christopher; Richardson, Alexandria Michelle; Schroeder, Kevin Kristopher; *Washburn, Kelsey Renee; *Boothe, Melissa Nicole; *Bristow, James Claude; Craft, Mitchell Hasting; *Forcina, Brooke Danielle; Gillespie, Tatiana Christina; *Heinlein, Samantha Joann; Holt, Lucas Cole; Lagree, Derek James; Linden, David Ryan; Lovely, Stephanie Anne; Minson, Jennifer Elaine; *Mudroch, Lynn Margaret; *Murry, Tyler Matthew; *Saunders, Tiffany Dawn; Stone, Kiley Renee; Cooper, Ashley Marie; *Mattea, Justin Alan; *Boyer, Leslie Craig; *Clark, Kathryn Lynn; Eskridge, Jacob Barnes; *Gay, Rhys William; *Holland, Vernie Matthew; *Jones, Taylor Macbeth; Lackey, David Alexander ; *Laughlin, Ronald Adam; *Looke, Brittany Jean; McAlister, Lloyd Grant; McGee, Matthew Joseph; McVay, Megan Dawn; *O’Neill, Morgan Kellie; Pickle, Kelsie Anne; Schaus, Stephenie Ann; *Turner, Hollie Michelle; *Wade, Amber Renee’; *Weeden, Brandon Kyle; *Wilkerson, Aaron Michael; *Wright, Kyler Benjamin.

Kim named to dean’s

honor roll

DURANT — Southeastern Oklahoma State University has named Edmond native Steve S. Kim to the Dean’s Honor Roll for summer 2008. For a summer term, the student must complete a minimum of six semester hours of college-level courses (1000-4999) with a 4.0 grade-point average (no grade lower than A).

Hesston College announces scholarships

HESSTON, Kan. — Edmond natives Kevin Blackmon and Rickey Vick II have applied for admission to Hesston College and have been awarded scholarships based on their academic achievements. These scholarships are renewable, and the amount listed reflects the value of the scholarship over two years of study. A two-year private college, Hesston College educates and nurtures each student within a Christ-centered community, integrating thought, life and faith for service to others in the church and the world. Founded in 1909, Hesston College has students from 27 states and 11 countries, and offers six career programs and more than 50 transfer programs. Blackmon is the son of Fred Demerson. Vick is the son of Rickey and Maggi Vick.

Chickasaw Foundation confers awards to Edmond students

ADA — The Chickasaw Foundation recently awarded two Edmond area students with scholarships at an awards ceremony and reception conducted July 31 at the Chickasaw Nation Community Center in Ada.

Emily Cole was the recipient of a Bank2 Ta-ossaa-asha’ Scholarship in the amount of $1000. She is a sophomore at Oklahoma State University.

Daniel Roberts also received a Bank2 Ta-ossaa-asha’ Scholarship for the same amount. Roberts is a senior at Oklahoma State University.

Established in 1971, the Chickasaw Nation Foundation works to fulfill its mission to promote the general welfare and culture of the Chickasaw people by supporting educational, health, historical and community activities and programs.

Each year, the Foundation awards thousands of dollars to both undergraduate and graduate students. These awards are made possible by donations given by various benefactors, including families who establish a scholarship in honor of a loved one. Eligibility requirements differ with each scholarship.

For more information on the scholarships available and how to apply, visit www.chickasawfoundation.org or call the foundation office at 580-421-9030.

SWOSU names locals to honor rolls

Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford has named several local students to the President’s and Dean’s Honor Rolls for the 2008 summer semester.

SWOSU named Edmond North graduate Luke Dustin Haley to the President’s Honor Roll; Deer Creek graduate Danielle Elizabeth Walker, Edmond Memorial graduates Stoney Randall Pride and Heather Michelle Taylor, and Edmond North graduate Cynthia R. Kaye were named to the Dean’s Honor Roll.

An undergraduate student who earns all A’s in 6 or more hours during the summer semester qualifies for the President’s Honor Roll. There were 164 students who were named to the President’s Honor Roll.

There were 111 students on the Dean’s Honor roll after completing 6 semester hours of undergraduate work with a grade point average of 3.5 (B) or higher, with no grade lower than a C.

Fulbright Scholar returns

Edmond North High School 2003 graduate Travis Mills recently returned from Essen, Germany. As a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, he spent ten months in the international educational exchange program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its establishment in 1946, the Fulbright program has provided approximately 105,000 Americans and 174,000 others from around the world with the opportunity to study, teach, do research and collaborate and exchange ideas on issues of importance to the general welfare of the global community.

Mills received the Fulbright scholarship after receiving BA degrees in German and History. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Vanderbilt University in December of 2006. While at Vanderbilt he spent a semester abroad in the Vanderbilt-in-Regensburg program in Germany. He also won a summer research assistantship grant through the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program. He used the grant to aid Barbara Hahn, Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of German, in setting up an exhibition on German-Jewish political philosopher Hannah Arendt at the Literaturhaus in Berlin.

     

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