• Wolf Technical Services Inc. of Indianapolis has hired five Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology students as summer interns to work in the company’s Research & Development Department.
“The exceptional students from Rose-Hulman are making valuable daily contributions to Wolf,” said Wolf President Mike Pepe. “We treasure their creativity and energy and look forward to working with them this summer and beyond.”
One of the five, Brandt Zimmerly, is the son of Brad and Kelly Zimmerly of Switz City. He plans to complete a degree in mechanical engineering in May 2009.
“Wolf has given me a great opportunity to gain real-world experience while attaining my degree,” Zimmerly said. “Wolf has treated me as they would a full-time engineer, giving me a lot of responsibilities and assigning me tasks that are integral to the company’s future.”
The Rose-Hulman students are participating in a 10-week internship allowing them to explore possible career paths before completion of their degree.
Wolf has been a leader in forensic engineering and research for more than 30 years. For more information, visit www.wolftechnical.com.
• Kimberly Sutterer of Terre Haute and Meghan Jones and Daniel Pfrank, both of West Terre Haute, were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester 2008 at the University of Evansville.
• Kate Goeller has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester 2008 at the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences in Bloomington.
• Nathan Anthony Bogetto, son of Candy Dreher and Donald Bogetto of Clinton, has graduated with a degree from Franklin College in Franklin.
• Katherine Tabor of Terre Haute has been placed on the College of Arts and Sciences dean’s list for the Spring Semester 2008 at Indiana University.
Eligibility for the dean’s list is reserved for those students who complete at least 12 graded credit hours in a single semester, earning at least a 3.7 grade-point average.
• Kaitlyn Bilyeu of Terre Haute has been awarded a Valparaiso University Presidential Scholarship, an award that recognizes her academic and extracurricular accomplishments and is renewable for three additional years if appropriate standards are maintained.
She graduated from Terre Haute South Vigo High School, where she was in the top 5 percent of her class and a member of National Honor Society. Bilyeu was active in choir and tennis, and was a student council award recipient for tennis in 2007. She served as DECA District 7 President in 2006-2007, and occupied leadership positions in Student Senate and Junior Department Club.
She is the daughter of Kris and Leslie Bilyeu and attends Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. She intends to study marketing in the College of Business Administration at Valpo.
• Peter Joseph Massa has been named to the dean’s list in the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences for the Spring Semester, in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. Eligibility for the dean’s list reserved for those students who complete at least 12 graded credit hours in a single semester, earning at least a 3.7 grade-point average.
• Indiana University has recognized Brandon Lucas for his outstanding academic performance by placing him on the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation dean’s list for both the fall and spring semesters 2007-2008. Eligibility for the dean’s list is reserved for full-time students earning at least a 3.5 grade-point average. Lucas will be a junior at IU this fall and is a member of the Phi Psi fraternity on campus. Lucas is the son of Greg and Jill Lucas.
Tyler Lucas has been awarded a four-year State Farm Companies Foundation Scholarship. Only 100 four-year scholarships are awarded annually.
This scholarship is awarded through the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Tyler Lucas graduated from Terre Haute North High School in June 2008, and will attend IU. He was a member of the Fraternity of Highest Excellence, graduating in the top 3 percent of his class with a 3.89 GPA. Lucas was vice president of National Honor Society and vice president of Key Club. He is the son of Greg and Jill Lucas.
• Mary Tribble of Brazil recently received a $2,000, four-year scholarship from Royal Neighbors of America of Rock Island, Ill.
Royal Neighbors sponsors scholarships each year and has provided more than $3 million in education funding.
Tribble is a member of the Brazil chapter of Royal Neighbors of America. She plans to attend University of Notre Dame, where she is pursuing a career in chemical engineering.
Royal Neighbors of America is a not-for-profit fraternal membership organization with a more than 100-year history of helping women and their families. The organization ensures lives, supports women, and serves communities by offering insurance and annuity products. Its members also participate in a variety of locally based volunteer opportunities and are eligible to apply for many member benefits such as scholarships and disaster aid.
For more information about Royal Neighbors of America, visit www.royalneighbors.org or call 1-800-627-4762.
• Darrell Edward Felling II of Terre Haute is among 742 DePauw University students who have been recognized for outstanding academic performance and named to the dean’s list for the 2008 spring semester. Felling is a junior at DePauw and graduated from Terre Haute North Vigo High School in 2005.
To be eligible for the dean’s list at the Greencastle university, a student must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average.
At the DePauw Academic Awards Convocation in May, Felling was inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the National Honor Society for History.
Schools
Goals, Pride and Achievements: Aug. 13, 2008
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Valley educators cautious on Indiana’s ‘No Child’ waiver
Indiana is one of 10 states to receive a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements.
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Driver dies after Illinois school bus crash
“Brace yourself. Brace yourself,” Fay Pickering shouted to her students just before the school bus she was driving crossed U.S. 40 and landed in a ditch Thursday morning.
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Official: Indiana among first 10 states to get ed waiver
President Barack Obama today will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.
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Letters from Debs
Cinda May sat with the phone to her ear listening as the auctioneer in New York City said “Holding, holding.”
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ISU presents Sycamore Hoopla; activities kick off Friday
Indiana State University’s Hulman Center will host its sixth annual Sycamore Hoopla Friday and Saturday.
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BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSON: This little-known compromise may have saved the union
When the Constitution was signed in September of 1787 and sent to the Congress that then existed under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was instructed to send that Constitution to the states to be ratified … or not. The message to the states was clear: Accept the Constitution or reject it, but don’t try to change it.
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College plans Prom Expo on Feb. 19
Get the scoop on the latest in prom fashions and services during Lincoln Trail College’s Prom Expo Feb. 19.
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ISU offering tech ed scholarships to VU grads
Indiana State University is offering $1,000 scholarships for graduates of Vincennes University’s technology programs to pursue their bachelor’s degree.
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Fort Harrison State Park to host winter wildlife workshop
Our culture’s most celebrated survivalists are often men with an accent, a trusty knife, and a tagalong camera crew filming their every move.
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Riverton Parke's winter king and queen
Seniors Gary Secuskie and Taylor Mansinne were named King and Queen of the Riverton Parke Winter 2012 Homecoming.
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Four alumni receive GOLD awards from Indiana State University
A former collegiate football standout and a trio known for selling humorous holiday apparel received the Indiana State University Alumni Association’s Graduate of the Last Decade Award this year.
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Indiana State students hear view from Cuba
Carlos Alzugaray, who spent 40 years representing the Cuban government around the world, wishes NBC newsman Brian Williams had asked a different question during a recent Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.
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College to celebrate homecoming
Lincoln Trail College will celebrate homecoming on Feb. 18.
- Goals, Pride & Achievements: Feb. 9, 2012
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Valley middle schoolers ready for MATHCOUNTS
Weeks of early-morning and after-school problem-solving sessions for about 100 Wabash Valley middle school students will culminate on Saturday in the regional MATHCOUNTS competition at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
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Indiana State education major takes teaching to Siberia
Christin Keirn wanted a challenge and she does enjoy winter. So for her, it seemed an obvious choice.
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Lincoln Trail College honors
Lincoln Trail College has released its academic honor lists for the Fall 2011 semester.
- ACROSS THE WABASH VALLEY: Feb. 9, 2012
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Vigo schools see grad rate rise
The Vigo County School Corp. 2011 graduation rate improved nearly 4 percentage points and surpassed the state graduation rate, according to information from the state Department of Education.
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Rose-Hulman to help address need for advancing railroad technologies
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is stepping back into its past and addressing a need to advance the nation’s transportation system by educating the next generation of railroad engineers.
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Take the Plunge for Special Olympics on Feb. 11 at ISU
Join Mayor Duke Bennett, Indiana State University Police Chief Bill Mercier, Terre Haute and ISU Police departments, GFS Marketplace, Mix-FM, the men of Pi Kappa Alpha and the ladies of Alpha Sigma Alpha at the Fourth Annual Terre Haute Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Indiana on Feb. 11.
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Valley woman’s recipe featured by Taste of Home
Taste of Home magazine has honored a Riverton Parke Jr.-Sr. High School Foods Services employee for her recipe.
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College Goal Sunday set for Feb. 12 at Ivy Tech
Financial aid professionals will be volunteering at Ivy Tech Community College in Terre Haute and 39 other Indiana sites to help college-bound students and their families open the door to financial aid during College Goal Sunday, set for 2 p.m. Feb. 12.
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College to offer aeronautics classes at Robinson airport
Lincoln Trail College is flying high this spring with two aeronautics classes taught at the Robinson (Ill.) Community Airport.
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Agreement to further college’s international initiatives
Harrison College, a private sector college serving 6,000 students at 12 campuses in Indiana and Ohio as well as online, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Siva Sivani Institute of Management in Hyderabad, India.
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Otter Creek Middle School to celebrate 50 years
Otter Creek Middle School turns 50 years old this year. In 1962, the newly formed Vigo County School Corp. opened the current Otter Creek Middle School as Otter Creek Junior High School.
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College savings campaign kicks off statewide
Students in Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties are joining students across Indiana to launch Learn More Indiana’s 2012 Cash for College campaign this week.
Eighty percent of students who attend college receive financial aid.
- Goals, Pride & Achievements: Feb. 2, 2012
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BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSON: Freedom of religion — beliefs and actions
Because religious faith is, arguably, the quintessential example of our right to privacy, to say nothing of its prominent place in our First Amendment, throughout our history court cases involving the free exercise of religion have been handled with great trepidation and with particular care. One of the milestone “free exercise” religion cases, Davis v. Beason, was decided by the Supreme Court this week (Feb. 3) in 1890.
- Across the Wabash Valley: Feb. 2, 2012
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Valley educators cautious on Indiana’s ‘No Child’ waiver
Raw Video: Greek Rioting Ahead of Austerity Vote
Greece Passes New Austerity Deal Amid Rioting
Coroner: Houston Autopsy Results Weeks Away
Pop Music Superstar Whitney Houston Dies at 48
Raw Video: Child Rescued After Kosovo Avalanche
Raw Video: Whitney Houston's Last Performance
Reaction to Houston's Death at Clive Davis Party
Whitney Houston's Church Mourns Her Passing
Severe Cold Wreaks Havoc in China
Police: Houston Found Dead in Her Hotel Room
Fans 'Speechless' Over Houston's Death
Fuel Removal Under Way on Capsized Italian Ship
Snow Strands Italian Towns
79 Turtles Seized at Shanghai Airport
Video of M.I.A's Obscene Halftime Gesture
Paul Suffers Narrow Loss to Romney in Maine
Raw Video: Italy's Mount Etna Bursts Into Life
Recording Superstar Whitney Houston Dead at 48
Today in History for Tuesday, February 12th
Stocks Fall Sharply As Greek Deal Is Held Up
'Rumor Has It' Adele's Rolling in the Grammys
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson after the Pebble Beach Pro Am-2/12
Exclusive Video: Bobbi Kristina Leaving Hospital
2012 Grammys: Rihanna
Raw Video: Aurora Borealis As Seen From Space
2012 Grammys: Taylor Swift
Exclusive Video - Whitney's Bodybag
FUEL TV: Punk Payback Gym tips
Whitney's Final Days - EXCLUSIVE
Romney Tops Santorum in CPAC Straw Poll
First glimpse of Blue Ivy Carter
Angry Dad Shoots Teens Laptop
Peek inside Barbie's closet
Absolute Lin-sanity
Madonna's Daughter Shaves Head
5 Killed in Wrong-way Crash on I-10 in La.
Test on Comforter in Powell Unit Shows Blood
Hero Driver Saves Kids From Burning Bus
