NWACC honors high school students
Six local students were honored by Northwest Arkansas Community College, the Northwest Arkansas Council, Northwest Technical Institute and the Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative as recipients of the new Regional Student Career and Technical Leadership Award. Students were honored at a reception Feb. 18 on the NWACC campus in Bentonville.
First-place winners were Ashley White, a Rogers Heritage High School student enrolled in agriculture career and technical education; Camella Trivitt, a Springdale High School student enrolled in medical career and technical education; and Bryan Lemus, a Springdale High School Student enrolled in information technology career and technical education.
First-place winners received $1,000 scholarships to study at NWACC or Northwest Technical Institute.
Honorable mentions went to Springdale High School students Jammy Soudthivong, Erick Chiang and Jasmine Nakhiengchanh, who are all enrolled in the information technology program.
DAR honors teachers, students
The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently announced its yearly history teaching and essay contest winners.
Kaylyn Busch, a teacher at Lincoln High School, was selected as American History Teacher of the Year. Isabella Alves, a student at Fayetteville High School, won the Good Citizen essay contest.
Jake McKee, a student at Central Junior High School in Springdale, won the Christopher Columbus essay contest. Chance Thompson from Lakeside Junior High in Springdale earned first place in the American History essay contest, while Breanna DeLeeus, a Central Junior High student, took home second prize.
NWACC seeks alumni honorees
The Alumni Association at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville is seeking nominees for the Dick Trammel Outstanding Alumni Award. The award, named for the highway commissioner and former NWACC trustee, recognizes outstanding alumni who have achieved career success and helped out in the community.
Nominees must have attended NWACC and earned at least 15 college credit hours or completed 225 contact hours in non-credit courses. He or she must also have participated in public service activities, civic or philanthropic activities, community leadership, volunteerism or involvement in the college's recruiting or retention activities.
The winner will be recognized and deliver brief remarks at the college's annual commencement ceremony in May. Nominations are due April 1.
Information: Amy Benincosa, [email protected] or (479) 619-4321.
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Ozarks students earn art honors
University of the Ozarks students Abby Kern and Carmen Castorena earned honors at the 2014 Collegiate Competition and Exhibition at the River Valley Arts Center in Russellville. The competition was held Feb. 1-2 and included art by college students from around the region.
Kern, a senior from Wichita, Kan., earned third-place honors for her white stoneware sculpture Do It Like Bunnies. Castorena, a sophomore from Searcy, received an honorable mention for her glazed earthenware sculpture Reviviendo Mi Pasado (Reliving My Past).
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Musick's work shown in Vermont
Local artist Pat Musick's work will be the focus of an exhibit titled Pat Musick: The Instant of It All at the Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury, Vt., through April 30. Musick will present a lecture with former Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin at the gallery at 5 p.m. March 29.
Musick is an environmental artist who has been creating paintings, sculptures and drawings for more than 40 years. She is author of numerous art books including Huracan, Stone Songs on the Trail of Tears and No New Thing Under the Sun.
Musick's work is featured in the permanent collections of more than 50 museums and public spaces in the United States including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.
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McComas to edit biology journal
William F. McComas, the Parks Family Professor in Science Education at the University of Arkansas, is the new editor of the award-winning periodical The American Biology Teacher. McComas will serve a five-year term as the journal's 12th editor.
McComas joined the UA faculty in 2006. He previously worked as a biology and physical education teacher in suburban Philadelphia and as a professor at the University of Southern California.
McComas has written and edited several books including The Nature of Science in Science Education: Rationales and Strategies and The Language of Science Education.
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Whiting authors English textbook
Melissa Whiting, a professor of English and rhetoric at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, recently co-authored Language and Composition: The Art of Voice with Gilbert H. Muller, professor emeritus of English at the City University of New York LaGuardia campus.
The book, published by McGraw-Hill, is intended for Advanced Placement English students in grades 9-12. The anthology includes print, audio, visual and interactive essays.
The book was released for school review in February 2013 to 400 AP Language and Composition readers and administrators. AP summer institutes also began using the book last year because of its adherence to Common Core standards.
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Early Arkansas setting for novel
Early Arkansas is the setting for His Promise True, the first novel by University of the Ozarks communication professor Greta Marlow. The self-published book is a work of historical fiction set during the state's pioneer days.
Marlow worked on the book for almost 10 years, with seven years spent editing and trying to find a publisher. Marlow created her own publishing company, EMZ-Piney Publishing, recently and published the book in November.
The book is available for sale at Amazon.com.
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Retired professor
publishes book
W. Stephen Muller, a retired religion professor at North Arkansas College in Harrison, recently published his first book, Capital Punishment and the Old Testament, and has just completed his second book, The Mansion of Deception.
Muller is currently working on a third book, Under His Wings, a verse-by-verse commentary on the Book of Ruth. Muller taught courses on the Old and New Testaments and world religions at North Arkansas College for more than 20 years.
Send information about birthdays, honors and reunions to [email protected], [email protected] or Northwest Arkansas Achievers, P.O. Box 7, Springdale, AR 72765.
NAN Our Town on 03/06/2014