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2015 GRADUATES, GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, SPOKANE

These Clark County students graduated on May 11:

Battle Ground

Daniel McIntosh; Chelsey Uskoski, cum laude.

Camas

Olivia Schuele; Cameron Wright.

Ridgefield

Taylor Graue.

Vancouver

Steven Ames, cum laude; Savannah Bukant, magna cum laude; Kelsey Henderson; Taylor Jordan, cum laude; Nicholas Mason, magna cum laude; Alexander Morawski; Bradley Mulderink; Carolyn Murray; Michael Peterson, magna cum laude; Samantha Rhea; Anna Romanovsky, cum laude; Emily Sullivan, cum laude.

Washougal

Patrick McCarthy, cum laude.

Yacolt

Kurtis Turner, cum laude.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOURNALISM AWARDS

Clark College student journalists captured all three top awards in a competition for the best in news reporting, editing and production by teams at 13 community colleges in Oregon and Washington. The May contest was sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Association of Journalism Educators.

The student journalists produce The Independent under the direction of Dee Anne Finken, adviser.

Independent staff overall

First place, general excellence; Publications sweeps, the most first-, second- and third-place finishes in 21 categories.

Individual students

Kyle Bliquez, first place, photo illustration; Emma Fletcher: first place, feature reporting; first place, feature photography; second place, news reporting; second place, multimedia storytelling; honorable mention, portrait photography; Tra Friesen: third place, news photography; Kamerin Johnson: first place, photo illustration; Becca Robbins: second place, sports news reporting; Scott Unverzagt: first place, multimedia storytelling; Tyler Urke: first place, sports feature reporting; honorable mention, feature writing.

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARDS

The Washington Association of School Administrators presented the Community Leadership Awards to individuals and groups in recognition of their contributions to education. Awards were given at a ceremony on May 22. The local recipients were:

Russell Brent, Mill Creek Pub, presented by Battle Ground Public Schools; Camas Police Department, presented by Camas School District; Hough Foundation, presented by Educational Service District 112; Jessica Chudek, East Vancouver Dutch Brothers, presented by Evergreen Public Schools; Bob Colf, presented by La Center School District; Dick Colf, presented by La Center School District; Ridgefield Arts Association, presented by Ridgefield School District; Terry Hurd, Sportsman’s Restaurant and Lounge, presented by Ridgefield School District; Sherri McMillan, Northwest Personal Training, presented by Vancouver Public Schools; David Tinney, First United Methodist Church, presented by Vancouver Public Schools; Andy Silver, Council for the Homeless, presented by Vancouver Public Schools.

DEAN’S LIST HONOREES

These students from Clark County were recently named to their college or university’s spring 2015 dean’s list:

Quinn Brown, of Vancouver, at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.

Xinyang Chen, of Camas, at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

Natalie Cleveland, of Vancouver, at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Jacqueline Cline, of Vancouver, at William Woods University, Fulton, Mo.

Emma Davis, of Vancouver, at Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Matt Fleischauer, of Vancouver, at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Alyse Homola, of Yacolt, at South Dakota State University, Brookings.

Joseph Ikehara, of Vancouver, at Carroll College, Helena, Mont.

Timothy Johnson, of Vancouver, at the University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Taylor Jones, of Vancouver, at Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, N.C.

Jacob Kurian, of Vancouver, at Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

Alexa Lanning, of Vancouver, at Midland University, Fremont, Neb.

Megan Lee, of Vancouver, at Furman University, Greenville, S.C.

Tessa Littlefield, of La Center, at Carroll College, Helena, Mont.

Joel May, of Vancouver, at Iowa State University, Ames.

Sarah May, of Vancouver, at Iowa State University, Ames.

Connor O’Neill, of Washougal, at William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo.

Geovanni Perez, of Vancouver, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.

Trevor Schauer, of Camas, at the University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Daniel Shaffer, of Ridgefield, at Harding University, Searcy, Ark.

Nadine Stone, of Camas, at Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

Julianna Vidales, of Vancouver, at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.

Karen Wirth, of Brush Prairie, at Iowa State University, Ames.

Anna Zdon, of Vancouver, at the University of Minnesota, Crookston.

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