AP Scholars at West
Fifteen West Rowan High School students have earned AP Scholar awards for exceptional achievement on AP exams.
Levels of achievement are based on students’ performance.
Two students, Lori Fraley and Ryan Teel, qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Three students, Brandon Edwards, Julie Frankenfield and Katelyn Patterson, qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
Ten students qualified for the AP Scholar award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. They are Caitlin Cox, Alec Daye, Alex Grubb, Mackenzie Heglar,Kaycee Ingram, Melani Lippard, Cara Marshall, William Simpson, Eric Suire and Caleb Wittum.
Two of those recognized, Grubb and Lippard, are underclassmen who have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and take additional AP exams.
Teacher ed pinning
Local students were among those recently honored by the Student North Carolina Association of Educators for their admission to the Teacher Education Program at a ceremony at Catawba College.
Dr. Shirley L. Haworth, past chair of Catawba’s Department of Teacher Education and professor emerita of Education, was honored during the ceremony by colleagues who have named the annual student teaching award in her honor.
The 27 local students who met requirements for pinning are Ryann Baker of Rockwell; Angela Brinkley, Kelly Dooley, Stacey Michael, Brenda Phillips and Casey Wolfe of Lexington; Brittany Burleson, Hunter Carnes, Kristen Collins, Kathryn Earl Etters, Claire Hillard, Kristen Parry, Kristy Ray, Spring Roseman, Natasha Sherrald, Alexsandra Turchin and Leslie Weisiger-Williams of Salisbury; Emily Cotton, Susan Pugh of Linwood; Daniel Crosby, Adam Peeler and Kelly Stanley of China Grove; Kathy Fincher and Lisa Lentz of Kannapolis; Christina Heiner of Mocksville; Mallory Hodge of Woodleaf; and Clarence Pickard III of Mooresville.
Dr. Bonita Bloodworth of Salisbury, assistant professor of teacher education and assistant director of the Shirley Peeler Ritchie Academy for Teaching at Catawba, was also pinned as a member of the Teacher Education faculty.
Gift to Catawba
The late Ruby Miller Sanchez of Chicago, formerly of Spencer, was a 1947 graduate of Catawba College. A gift from her late husband Jose R. Sanchez’s estate has established an endowed scholarship in her name.
Monies from his estate also funded the purchase of choir robes and the costs of an annual choir tour at Catawba.
Preference for the scholarship will be given to students from Spencer or students from Rowan County.
After graduating from Catawba with a degree in sociology, Ruby Miller Sanchez earned her master’s degree in psychology from MacMurray College in 1950. She retired as a clinical psychologist with Chicago Read Mental Health Center. She died in September 2004.
Information lunch
Officials from five area community colleges gathered for lunch recently on Catawba College’s campus to learn about new programs and initiatives and scholarship opportunities available to students transferring to Catawba.
It was the third annual event coordinated and emceed by Catawba Vice President for External Relations Phil Kirk and his staff since he joined the college administration in 2006.
Programs included Catawba’s new birth-to-kindergarten major which leads to a bachelor of arts degree in education; Catawba’s Lilly Center for Vocation and Values which helps students narrow and focus on their career options; a new concentration in outdoor ministry for students pursuing a major in religion and philosophy; and internship opportunities and service requirements for students pursing a degree in business through Catawba’s Ketner School of Business.
Speakers included Dr. Lyn Boulter, professor of psychology and the founder of the B-K major; the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Clapp, director of the Lilly Center for Vocation and Values and college chaplain; and Professor Pam Thompson, chair of the Ketner School of Business.
Catawba College President Dr. Craig Turner, Interim Provost Dr. Edith Bolick and Dr. Michael Bitzer, dean of admissions also addressed the group.
The student speakeer was Catawba College senior Nickalaus Goodman of Rockwell, who transferred to Catawba after earning an associate’s degree from Davidson County Community College.
Representatives from Mitchell, Central Piedmont, Davidson County, Stanly and Rowan-Cabarrus community colleges attended.
Cabarrus induction
Seven local students were among those recently inducted into Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at Cabarrus College of Health Sciences in Concord.
The society recognizes associate degree college students who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship and leadership skills. Membership is by invitation only. Students must have a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average, be enrolled in an associate degree program and have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at Cabarrus College to be eligible.
New local members are Kelly Braswell, Salisbury; Ashley Lee, Mocksville; Heather Parks, Kannapolis; Laura Poole, Charity Pratt and Cara Wicker, Mooresville; and Maggie Sells, Richfield.