CSU graduates
More than 1,400 seniors, graduate students and doctoral
candidates earned degrees in fall graduation ceremonies Dec. 14-15
at Colorado State University. Diplomas were presented to 1,144
undergraduate students, 203 graduate students and 48 doctoral
candidates.
The graduates from Douglas County were:
Parker – Bryon Roscoe Carney, bachelor of science, business
administration; Marcie Corinne Dodge, bachelor of science,
occupational therapy; Dustin Cody Dorband, bachelor of science,
construction management; Samantha Susan Lawson, bachelor of arts,
history; Michelle Madderom, bachelor of arts, technical journalism;
Darci Marie Paez, bachelor of arts, art; Neiman Levi Porter,
bachelor of science, business administration; Matthew Ryan Stover,
bachelor of science, business administration; Brandy Louren Von
Weissenstein, bachelor of science, zoology; Nathan Patrick
Williamson, bachelor of science, psychology; Shannon Lynn Youngman,
bachelor of science, nutrition and food science.
Castle Rock – Alexander Robert McKean, bachelor of science,
civil engineering; Adam Kiser Tregemba, bachelor of science,
agricultural business; Karen Elizabeth Warren, bachelor of science,
natural resource recreation and tourism.
Franktown – Patrick Norton McCullough, bachelor of science,
business administration.
Elisabeth Shigo
Elisabeth Shigo of Castle Rock performed Friday and Saturday in
the production of “The Dancing Spider” at Culbertson Auditorium at
Sterling College in Sterling, Kan. Shigo, the daughter of Joel and
Cynthia Shigo, is a sophomore at Sterling College.
“The Dancing Spider” is a children’s musical by Marilyn Osterman
and Marilyn Kluge. Based on West African folk tales, the show is
about a trickster hero, Ananse, who learns the value of hard work.
The college students will also perform the show in Sterling-area
schools.
Sterling College is a four-year, Christ-centered, liberal arts
college.
Heidi Olinger
Heidi Olinger of Castle Rock is one of 87 students who were
recently initiated into the Phi Beta Kappa honorary organization at
the college of arts and sciences at the University of Colorado at
Boulder.
Phi Beta Kappa generally taps the top 6 percent of graduates
receiving degrees in the liberal arts each semester. Members must
maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.65 and have completed
100 credit hours of course work.
CU-Boulder’s Phi Beta Kappa Society, formally known as the Alpha
Chapter, was chartered in 1904 as the first Phi Beta Kappa chapter
in Colorado. There are only three other chapters in Colorado: at
the University of Denver, Colorado State University and Colorado
College.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society was founded in 1776 at the College of
William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., and has 262 chapters
nationwide that annually initiate 15,000 of the graduating
elite.
Heather Varnum
Heather Ann Varnum of Parker was among more than 850 students at
Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kan., who made the dean’s list
for the fall 2001 semester.
To earn a spot on the list, Varnum was enrolled in 12 or more
credit hours and maintained a grade-point average of 3.60 for the
semester.
Kelly Godsey
Kelly C. Godsey of Parker has been admitted to Bates College,
Lewiston, Maine, under its early decision program.
Godsey is the daughter of Renee and James Godsey, and is a
senior at Chaparral High School. She plays on the varsity soccer
and basketball teams and sits second-stand cello in the
orchestra.
Early decision applicants are students who have decided that
Bates is their first-choice college and who submit their
application and credentials early. Upon acceptance, they have
agreed to withdraw all applications to other
institutions.
The Bates admissions committee processes early decision
applicants in the fall and responds with acceptance by Dec. 24 or
Jan. 24.
Daniel Ward
Daniel Ward of Castle Rock recently was named to the dean’s list
during the fall semester last year at Chadron State College in
Nebraska.
To earn dean’s list honors, a student must maintain a
grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, while enrolled
in at least 12 credit hours.
Robert Meyer
Robert J. Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Meyer of Castle Rock,
left Jan. 21 to continue his studies through Harding University’s
overseas program in Athens, Greece.
Meyer, a junior Bible major, is among 38 students participating
in the Harding University in Greece program.
In addition to language studies, students have opportunities to
study the backgrounds of Christianity and take part in tours of
Turkey, the major Greek islands and Egypt. The group returns to the
United States in May.
Program officials recently purchased the Artemis Hotel in Porta
Rafti to serve as the university’s permanent Athens campus. The
hotel has 24 apartment-style, fully furnished units. In addition to
providing classroom space, the building has a library, computer
room, 200-seat dining room and swimming pool. This purchase has
allowed the expansion of the Harding program to include year-round
offerings.