News Release 08-132-D

College’s outstanding students’ ceremony set for 3 p.m., Wednesday, Campus Center

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	Release date: 05/19/09	Bentley Gilbert
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Every year Umpqua Community College honors those students who show outstanding academic performance, leadership and career promise.

This year, at 3 p.m., Wednesday, May 20, the College and its faculty will honor 57 students at a ceremony in the cafeteria of the Campus Center at the College.

All UCC departments are invited to honor a student who is selected in consideration of her or his scholastic performance, classroom and college leadership contributions, and career promise.

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Roisin Brown, Oregon Student Scholar
Amanda Elder, Oregon Student Scholar
Hanna Norris, Social Science Scholarship

TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
Leah Clifford, Transfer Opportunity Program Peer Tutor
Mari Helm, Transfer Opportunity Program

LIBRARY
Samantha Stephens, Library Services

LEARNING SKILLS DEPARTMENT
Darren Dinneen, Bridge to Success Program

JUMPSTART PROGRAM
Corinne Brown, JumpStart

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Kellen Spicer, Men’s Basketball
Kristi Fallin, Women’s Basketball

FINE & PERFORMING ARTS
Jason Smith, Fine Art
Amanda Moore, Music
Kellene Soder, Theatre

HUMANITIES
Diana Wood, Communication Studies
Anantnoor Brar, Foreign Languages
Jody Gordon, Literature
Marcia Rapin, Literature
Barbara Stephens, Public Relations
Les Krieg, Technical Writing
Keenan Lynch, Writing

MATHEMATICS
Ryan Nelson, Calcuus
Jessica Just, College Algebra Sequence
Amber Jones, Math for Elementary Teachers Sequence

SCIENCES
Anantnoor Brar, Biological Sciences
Byeong (Eugene) Yang, Biological Sciences
Thomas Dannenhoffer, Chemistry

SOCIAL SCIENCES
Tabitha Martinez, Human Services
Jordan Pringle, Psychology
Melissa Osborne, Sociology
Dorothy Payson, United States Government
Gregory Garcia, United States History
Isaac Hallgrimson, World History

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Eli Decker, Second Year Automotive
Gene Pick, Second Year Automotive – Toyota

BUSINESS
Matt Cordell, Accounting Technology
Kurt Krenzer, Accounting Technology
Rosa Mohlsick, Business Technology Entry Management AAS

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
Aaron Brooks, Computer Information Systems
Michael Henry, Digital Systems Technology

ENGINEERING
Kristi Woods, First Year Civil Engineering Technology
Keith Klooster, Second Year Civil Engineering Technology
Chavis Sabin, First Year Engineering Transfer
Michael Caddock, Second Year Engineering Transfer

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS
Alicia Cronquist, Dental Assistant
Jessica Brown, Dental Assisting - Lecture & Clinic
Crystal Barber, Dental Hygiene
Nichole Hopkins, Dental Hygiene
Megan Matijkowicz, Dental Assisting - Lecture & Terminology
Kimberly Bone, First Year Registered Nursing
Katherin Carlyle, First Year Registered Nursing
Jennifer Herbison, Second Year Registered Nursing
Adam Woldt, Second Year Registered Nursing

PUBLIC SAFETY
Gregory Kaeser, Criminal Justice

WELDING
Bryan Best, Welding
Eli Fisher, Welding