Taking notes
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, August 10, 2005
A look at what’s going on in the field of education.
Hewitt receives merit scholarship
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Bowling Green High School graduate Claire Hewitt Covington has received the Julian and Robert J. Lake Merit Scholarship to attend Davidson College in Davidson, N.C.
Covington is the daughter of Matthew and Ann Covington.
She was valedictorian of her class, was on the cross country team, was a member of the French Club, Beta Club, National Honor Society and president of the Literary Club. She also was a governor’s scholar.
The memorial scholarship is for children of the clergy.
Covington’s father is pastor of The Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green.
Both her parents are Davidson graduates.
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Dail earns Fulbright
Timothy Dail, a May 2005 graduate of Western Kentucky University, received a Fulbright grant in “Teaching English as a Foreign Language,” the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has announced. Dail will be one of more than 1,000 U.S. students to travel abroad for the 2005-2006 academic year through the Fulbright program. He will be in Stendal, Germany.Dail, who majored in German with a minor in English, lives in Norwalk, Conn., and will continue his graduate studies in German at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
He is a graduate of Boyd County High School in Ashland and studied at the University of Kentucky and the Philipps-University of Marburg in Germany before coming to WKU.
Local students make dean’s list at Centre
Six area students have been named to the dean’s list for the combined winter/spring terms at Centre College in Danville, an honor reserved for students who maintain at least a 3.60 grade-point average.
They include: Alison Carlyle, daughter of Donna Carlyle and the late Philip Carlyle of Bowling Green; Ashley Dickens, daughter of Ronald and Betty Dickens of Bowling Green; Laura Graves, daughter of Patricia Ford of Rockfield; Ines Kevric, daughter of Refik and Biliana Kevric of Bowling Green; Katie Pfohl, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Pfohl of Bowling Green; and Shariya Terrell, daughter of Michael Green and Sandra Terrell-Green of Bowling Green.
Warren resident awarded scholarship
Tammy Tutt of Bowling Green was one of 34 Kentuckians awarded the Education Cabinet’s Education at Work scholarship July 21.
Kentucky Education Cabinet Secretary Virginia Fox presented the $500 scholarships to students who are pursuing postsecondary education in Kentucky at a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort.
Kentuckians qualified for the scholarship by using one of the services of the Education Cabinet’s Department for Workforce Investment or the Kentucky Adult Education in the Council on Postsecondary Education, such as vocational rehabilitation, adult learning centers, GED preparation, secondary Kentucky Tech school, unemployment insurance, job placement, dislocated worker or Workforce Investment Act assistance.
Tutt, 35, is majoring in social work at Western Kentucky University and is a customer of the Office for the Blind.
Johnson new assistant principal at Lost River
ichael D. Johnson has been hired as assistant principal of Lost River Elementary School. Johnson, a teacher at Lost River since 1998, replaces Jim Goff, now Lost River’s principal. Goff took over from Mike Stevenson, who left Lost River to take a principal’s position in Caldwell County.
A former company commander in the Kentucky Army National Guard, Johnson is a 1986 graduate of Warren East High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in educational administration at Western Kentucky University.
WKU biologists’ paper among top 25 articles
A paper by three Western Kentucky University biologists has been listed among the “Top 25 Hottest Articles” for the first quarter of 2005 by ScienceDirect.
The paper, “Antioxidant defense in a lead accumulating plant, Sesbania drummondii,” was written by biology professor Shivendra V. Sahi, postdoctoral researcher Nilesh C. Sharma and graduate student Thomas Ruley and published in the journal Plant Physiology & Biochemistry in 2004.
Jordanian professor to train at Western
A communication professor from Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, will be at Western Kentucky University this month as a part of the International Journalism and Media Management Training Program.
Mahmoud Shalabieh will be on campus today through Aug. 27 to collaborate with Pam Johnson, director of the School of Journalism and Broadcasting, and broadcasting professor Jeanine Cherry in the development of a radio journalism curriculum tailored for Yarmouk University.
In addition, Shalabieh will participate in a professional residency with the staff of Western’s Public Radio to gain hands-on knowledge of WKU’s radio journalism and station operations expertise.
Warren East graduate earns Turfgrass award
Warren East High School 2005 graduate Wes Hendrick has been awarded a silver rating on his National Turfgrass Management Placement Proficiency.
During high school, he worked more than 6,300 hours helping his brother with his lawn care business. He served as FFA president of his chapter last year and will attend WKU this fall to major in agriculture education.
Jump rope team gets fourth in competition
The Natcher Elementary School Jumpin’ Jaguars competitive jump rope team finished fourth out of 15 teams at the National AAU Championships last week in New Orleans.
The Jumpin’ Jaguars, coached by Natcher physical education teacher Keith Stokes, were one-sixteenth of a point out of third place and a bronze medal.
Also, members of Natcher’s four-person Double Dutch relay team (Emily Bratcher, Megan Locke, Samantha Waldvogel and Rachel Sanderlin) placed ninth in the nation in that event.
U of M offers degree in biomed engineering
Beginning this fall, the University of Memphis’ Herff College of Engineering will offer an undergraduate degree program in biomedical engineering that builds on the college’s successful joint graduate program with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Since there are no similar state-supported undergraduate programs in Kentucky, students from Kentucky will be able to attend the program and pay Tennessee in-state fees.
– For more information, call the Department of Biological Engineering at (901) 678-3733.
BG native earns Murray State honors
Brad Modlin of Bowling Green received the Outstanding Senior Man Award, the Outstanding Honors Program Senior Award, the Honors Diploma and recognition from Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges at Murray State University’s annual Honors Day program.
The son of Dan and Debby Modlin, he graduated summa cum laude in May with majors in organizational communication and creative writing.
Students participate in Governor’s Scholars
Several local students participated in the Governor’s Scholars program during June and July, participating in several academic and community service projects. They include:
Allen County: Lauren Paige Carter, Whitney Elizabeth Cliburn, John-Mark Thomas Francis, Clifford Seth Parker, Helen Fay Pruitt, Elizabeth Ann Ralph, Drew Marcus White, Marideth Kate Williams.
Barren County: Kayla LeAnne Dowdy, Savannah Marie Gillispie, Hilarie Hughes Rigdon, Laura Marie Smith, Luke Brennan Stephens, Lauren Nicole Graham, Kelli Ann Higginbotham, Mallory Michelle Mudd, Ashley Michelle Wheeler.
Butler County: Aaron Brett Duncan, Shawna Danielle Flener, Jennifer Nicole Hunt, Joseph Ryan Jackson, Bradley Lee Jones, Katharyn Elisabeth Honaker.
Edmonson County: Amanda Lea Michelle Hoffman, Steven Paul Ryan.
Logan County: Ashley Renee Birdwell, Laura Beth Galipeau, Phillip Lynh Gibbs Jr., Mary Josephine Orange, Kelli Fay Woodward, Raymond Samuel Corbin, Benjamin Joseph Kees, Nicholas Kyle LeVan, Jordan Kyle Stoker, Sarah Jean Urban, Jonathan Scott White.
Simpson County: Bryan Kyle Russell, Matthew Kevin Brown, Jessica Nicole Curtis, Kayla Shea Fugate, Kristi Lee Henderson, Hannah Leigh Shaffer, Ryan Christopher Tyler.
Warren County: Meredith Leigh Beckner, Elizabeth Armstrong Covington, Lindsey Nichole Houchin, Daniel Griffin Johnson, Luke Allen Johnson, Ervin Puskar, Caitlyn Elizabeth Abell, Jonathan Thomas Bromer, Laura Michelle Clark, Jeremiah Taylor Hussung, Laura Suzanne Newton, Hannah Lee Pennington, Jennifer Michelle Pope, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Potzick, Leslie Ann Whitaker, Kathryn Anne Burchfield, Ashley Nicole Elmore, Melissa Beth Gensler, Jordan Elizabeth Gottke, Melody Renee Hall, Damir Kusmic, Lily Kim Lim, Melissa Dawn Durham, Kimberly Dawn Simpson.
Schools schedule SBDM council meetings
The Lost River Elementary School Site-Based Decision-Making Council will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Lost River Elementary Media Center. The public is invited.
Bristow Elementary School’s council will meet in the school library beginning at 5 p.m. on: Sept. 26, Oct. 24, Dec. 5, Jan 23, Feb. 27, March 27, April 24, May 22 and June 26.
Alvaton Elementary will have its SDBM meetings in the library at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month. Because of winter break, the December meeting will be Dec. 13.
Eric Todd named to Butler dean’s list
Butler University in Indianapolis has named Eric Todd of Bowling Green to its spring dean’s list.
To be named to the list students must be in the top 20 percent of their college.
Todd is in the in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, majoring in political science.