Taking notes
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A look at what’s going on in the field of education.
GED grads eligible for Byrd scholarship
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Kentuckians who have taken the GED test since July and achieved at least a 2,700 composite score may apply for a Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship. The scholarships, worth up to $1,500 per year, are administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority.
GED graduates may apply through Zip Access at www.kheaa.com. To apply, sign in to Zip Access with a user ID and password. Those who have not used Zip Access should register to create a user ID and password. Interested GED graduates should apply as soon as possible, allowing adult education counselors adequate time to certify applicants for consideration before the June 30 deadline.
The Byrd Scholarship is named for longtime U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, who authored the legislation establishing the program in 1985. Kentucky receives enough funding to award 90 scholarships to high school seniors and GED graduates each year. GED recipients are chosen by an independent panel, based on GED scores and adult education counselor recommendations. For more information about Byrd Scholarships, call Danny McGaughey at (800) 928-8926, ext. 6-7391.
To learn how to plan and prepare for higher education, go to www.gotocollege.ky.gov. For more information about Kentucky scholarships and grants, visit www.kheaa.com; write KHEAA, P.O. Box 798, Frankfort, KY 40602-0798; or call (800) 928-8926, ext. 6-7372.
Riverview offering free tours to students
Riverview at Hobson Grove is offering free tours of the historic house museum to any student on Thursday and Friday. Reservations are not required. For information, call Riverview at 843-5565. Riverview is at 1100 W. Main Ave. in Bowling Green’s Hobson Grove Park.
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McNeill wins first in Governor’s Cup
W.R. McNeill Elementary School won first place in the District 33 Governor’s Cup competition with Potter Gray Elementary School finishing second. Those schools also finished first and second in the Quick Recall portion of the competition. In Future Problem Solving, Potter Gray finished first and W.R. McNeill finished second.
Top five finishers, in order, for individual subject testing were:
Mathematics: Logan Bowen, McNeill; Stephen Quiton, McNeill; Amber Ridgway, McNeill; Maxwell Conte, Potter Gray (tie with Ridgway); Liheng Cao, Potter Gray.
Social studies: Caleb Vaughn, McNeill; Logan Bowen, McNeill; Ben Mathews, McNeill; Chandler Morse, Warren Elementary School; Will Pride, Potter Gray.
Science: Owen Harkins, McNeill; Ryan McMichael, McNeill; King Spencer, Potter Gray; Caden Jones, Potter Gray; Col Chaudoin, McNeill.
Language arts: Dillon Carlock, Potter Gray; Madison Russell, Warren; Ansley Harmon, Potter Gray; Hannah Bain-Selbo, McNeill; Elizabeth Knight, McNeill.
Composition: Ann Marcum Hines, McNeill; Nupur Chhachhi, McNeill; Ryan McMichael, McNeill; Leigh Ballard, Potter Gray; Mackenzie Wilson, Potter Gray.
Arts and humanities: Chapel Tinius, Potter Gray; Maxwell Conte, Potter Gray; Ben Mathews, McNeill; Jonathan Meredith, McNeill; Tristan Wallace, Dishman-McGinnis Elementary School.
Pennington named to Belmont dean’s list
Mary Cullen Pennington, of Bowling Green, qualified for the fall 2009 dean’s list at Belmont University. Pennington is a 2009 graduate of Greenwood High School and is enrolled in the Honors Program at Belmont, majoring in drama. She is the daughter of Portia and Tom Pennington.
Milliken on Vanderbilt dean’s list in fall, spring
Will Milliken, a 2006 graduate of Bowling Green High School, was named to Vanderbilt University’s dean’s list for both the spring and fall 2009 semesters. Milliken, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the son of Currie and Judy Milliken and grandson of Sarah and Wilson Farmer, all of Bowling Green.
Presentation at WKU focuses on security
Dr. Richard J. Harknett, associate professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati, will present “21st Century International Security: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Bomb and Big Brother” as part of the 2010 Boyd-Lubker Visiting Scholars Program at Western Kentucky University.
Harknett’s presentation will begin at 7 p.m. March 23 at Mass Media and Technology Hall Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.
In his lecture, Harknett will examine the question of how one should conceptualize national and international security in the 21st century from the perspective that two technological revolutions (information technology and nuclear) have occurred without a corresponding shift in worldview about the fundamentals involved in security.
Harknett holds a professorial lectureship at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria, where he served as a Fulbright professor in 2002. He holds a doctorate and master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s from Villanova University.
His research on international security dynamics has been published in numerous journals, and he has completed policy analysis for U.S. government agencies and European organizations.
Public welcome for astronomy program
Children and adults can join professional and amateur astronomers from the WKU departments of physics and astronomy today for the fifth annual GLOBE at Night program.
In the GLOBE at Night program, people all over the world record the brightness of their night sky by matching its appearance toward the constellation Orion with star maps of progressively fainter stars.
They submit their measurements online and a few weeks later organizers release a map of light-pollution levels worldwide.
The WKU event will begin at 8 p.m. today at the Thompson Complex Central Wing.
Participants will be involved in interactive demonstrations and hear from professional astronomers about how to protect our dark skies.
Berrymany in state geography bee
Jackson Berrymany, a student at Bowling Green Junior High School, will compete as a semifinalist in the upcoming 2010 Kentucky Geographic Bee on April 9 at the Knicely Economic Center in Bowling Green.
Geography bees were held with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to select a winner from each school. School-level winners then took a qualifying test, which was submitted to the National Geographic Society.
The top 100 scoring students from each state, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Dependents School and the U.S. territories were invited to compete at the state level.
The state winner will receive $100, a National Geographic world atlas, and a trip to Washington, D.C., where he or she will represent Kentucky in the national finals at the National Geographic headquarters May 25 and 26.