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Blake Carter (center) receives a certificate of completion at Campbell University's Lundy-Fetterman School of Business' Summer Program in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. (see In Education)
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Published: September 28, 2009
IN EDUCATION
□ Blake Carter of Winston-Salem has completed Campbell University's Lundy-Fetterman School of Business' Summer Program in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. The program introduces high school students to the fundamentals of market-based economics, free enterprise and entrepreneurial skills.
□ Christopher Eugene Lutz has received his M.B.A. degree from Pfeiffer University. He is a 1997 graduate of Forbush High School, and received a B.S.B.A in finance from UNC Charlotte in 2004. He is currently a financial analyst with Maersk Line in Charlotte.
Lutz is the husband of Stephanie Tant Lutz of Huntersville, and the son of the Rev. Jack and Jane Lutz of King.
□ The following area students were named to the 2009 semester dean's list at N.C. State University:
Alleghany County: Kristen Leigh Vroom.
Ashe County: Andrea Faith Cheek, William Zachary Davis, Amy Colleen Furches, Katie Elizabeth Furches, Michael Ward Jolly, Hillary Beatrice Pittman, Kaitlin Dakota Smith and Laura Quinn Turner.
Avery County: Cameron Storm Carver, Zack T. Hodgin, Patricia Faith Hofland and Rachel Nichole Russ.
Davidson County: Emily Ann Auringer, Garian D'Andre Baker, Cameron Kyle Black, John Carl Brandon, Brandon Lamont Burkhart, Kristopher Ryan Burkhart, Kristin Leigh Cain, Brooke Nicole Clark, Cameron Roger Clark, Margaret Cambridge Cunningham, Aaron Michael Day, Brandon Matthew Dillard, Jonathan Powell Evans, Candice Carolina Gilliland, Hannah Kristen Goff, Hannah Blair Hedgecock, Kari Hope Henderson, Cody D. Hoag, Samuel W. Hopkins, Aaren Marie Hunt, Heather Michelle Jackson, Eric James King, Joy Nicole King, Seth Andrew Klopp, Meaghan Rebecca Lanier, Micah Logan Mabe, Kristina Elaine Maines, Brett A. Malloy, Cassie Jean McLain, Charles Franklin Mcdowell, Morgan K. Miller, Ashley Elizabeth Mills, Cody Jordan Moorefield, Matthew Daniel Nifong, Lynley V. Paden, Brandon M. Phillips, Rebekah A. Poplin, Emily M. Proctor, Heather Lynn Russett, Catherine Camille Smith, Adam Michael Studebaker, Lauren Spencer Vinesett, Logan P. Vinesett, Jenny Ruth Ward and Sarah Coble Wylie.
Davie County: Christopher M. Ange, Brian Phillip Blackwell, Stephanie Evette Croall, Kelley L. Crosslin, Michael Joseph Domanski, Jill D. Durham, Paul Matthew Hauser, Jacob Quinn Lloyd, Wessley Ryan McKnight, David Aaron Monsees, Nathan Patrick Nurse, Caleb Dale Pearce, James Read Plott, Ashley L. Reef, Johnathan R. Roesch, Phillip J. Scott, Nathan Lowell Smith, Berta J. Summers, Chelsea Lynne Trull and Sean Michael Wagoner.
Forsyth County: Kyle Timothy Adams, Jason Adouli, Meredith Jane Ahles, Katherine Anne Allen, Erika N. Angles, Jacob Buchanan Apple, Kristin S. Ayers, Taylor Gray Barbour, Lindsey A. Barr, Jaleesa A. Bartley, Philip Tyler Bathurst, Caroline Ruth Baum, Jennifer M Benefiel, Mattie Mieshea Bethea, Joseph Samuel Bircher, Kirk William Bork, Jacquelyn Kaye Bowles, Patrick Douglas Brinson, George Laurence Brown, William Taylor Bullins, Janey Dennise Calicott, Sarah Elizabeth Callahan, Robert Conrad Carlton, Whitley Jene' Carpenter, David A. Carrillo, Myles H. Casanova, Jacob Wesley Castle, Charles Michael Cherry, Charles Kristian Childers, Shane Paul Chilton, Kathryn Nicole Chunn, Elissa Suline Clark, Amy Kathleen Claus, Thomas W. Cockrell, Greg D. Cognetti, Megan Jaime-Christian Conley, Preston N. Cook, Desmond C. Corley, Alexander Ross Covington, Jennifer Elizabeth Covington, Benjamin J. Cowen, Julie Anne Cox, Stephanie Jeanne Cox, Margaret Alison Craven, Evan A. Crim, Colleen Nicole Crozier, Karmen Evonne Dais, Brittany Chanel Davis, Corey N. Davis, Katherine Carter Davis, Katherine V. Davis, David John DeYoung, Rosemary Myers Deal, Katie Margaret Dorety, Andrew Thomas Douglas, Tyler Lee Dunford, Karrah S. Durham, Christopher R. Dzoba, Michael Alexander Ebert, Christine Alexandra Edden, Steven Kyle Edmonds, Kayla Nichole Edwards, Lucas Brian Elliott, John Daniel Eshleman, Abby K Esterly, Sara Jean Falardeau, Joseph Ferrelli, Aaron Charles Filipponi, Lauren Elizabeth Filipponi, Nathan Caleb Filipponi, Leigh A. Fishel, Christine Lee Fleming, Sydne Elizabeth Folger, Brian M. Foster, David Scott Foster, Gerald Wayne Fowler, Erin Michelle Furr, Claire Argia Galie, Evan Charles Ged, Brian Karl Geisinger, Elizabeth Ashley Gerringer, Erica Marie Glasgow, Jeffrey R. Gonza, Anna Alicia Gonzales, Ruben Miguel Gonzales, Jennifer Ann Gouge, Jennifer Marie Gowen, Michael David Granger, Nicholas Anthony Greco, Sarah Beth Groneck, David Brown Groseclose, David Tyler Grubbs, Katherine Lynn Grupinski, Tyler Cardell Hall, Curtis Graham Hamilton, Andrew James Harrison, Michael Vance Hartmann, Mary Stark Haywood, Estefania Henao, Sara Christina Herko, Elizabeth A. Heruska, Justin James Hicks, David M. Higgins, Lydia Catherine Hill, Monica Nicole Hodge, Jacob S. Holcomb, William Blaine Holt, Matthew Horton, Sokun Hourn, John P. Hughes, Patrick Thomas Hughes, Grace Elizabeth Hupert, Kari A. Hutchens, Long Cao Hoang Huynh, Tara Pierce Ilsley, Michael Andrew Jaworski, Jeffrey A. Jessup, Courtney Lyn Johnson, Joshua Stanfield Johnson, Benjamin Thomas Jordan, Jordan R. Joyner, Jordan Reynolds Keith, Mark Andrew Kemp, Jordan Leigh Kennedy, Austin William Key, Elizabeth Jean Kincaid, Lauren Leanne Kloc, Matthew Michael Kostelic, Elizabeth Aycock Krewson, Michael Zenhao Lai, Carly Elizabeth Lambeth, Trevor C. Lawson, Daniel James Lombardi, Alison Danielle Long, Thomas Lee Loveless, Christopher Fisher Lyerly, Harrison Randall Lyle, Kaydee Lyann Lyons, Michael Keith Mabe, John Andrew Macdonald, Anicia D. Maness, Edward H. Mazyck, Julie Katherine McGee, Lauren Mary McGirr, William Israel Mccall, Alex Garner Mcdonald, Ryan Edward Mcelfresh, Morgan Kate Meredith, Amanda Rose Migliaccio, Charon Teretha Miller, Rebecca C. Miller, Matthew Paul Moran, John Clarence Morgan, Emily J. Morris, Mia Mulic, Jordan Gray Myers, Matthew Henderson Nash, Jessica Cole Odom, Julianna Marie Oldham, Cari Brooke Olive, Anna Keener Olson, Helena A. Olympio, Nathaniel Lee Osborne, Mckenzie Britton Pace, Rashmi B. Patel, Barry Wayne Peddycord, Megan L. Peters, Sarah Beth Peters, Luke Adam Petree, Matthew Jude Pettenati, Jazma Y. Phelps, Lucy Anne Tillett Phillips, Laurance David Piner, Meagan L. Pipes, Laura Beth Pippitt, Sehra Fram Polad, Ashley Michelle Porter, Benjamin David Powell, Mark Taylor Preston, Jennifer L. Pries, Elizabeth Ann Reece, Joanna Moncheri Reynolds, Chad E. Rhoades, Molly K. Riddle, Brittany Alexandria Robinson, John B. Romanello, Kandice Monet Ross, Joshua David Rozina, David Lloyd Rudel, Stuart Clifton Ruffin, Vinicius Isaac Sa, Amy Gardner Schlosser, Deanna Michelle Sedlak, Betsy Sherertz, Kathryn A. Shields, Katharine Olivia Shore, Brittany Allison Skipper, David August Skoog, Mary Ashton Slagle, Meagan R. Slater, Amanda Lee Smith, Michelle Christina Smith, Morgan Ann Smith, Matthew Blake Southard, Kimberly H. Spence, Drew P. St Claire, James Scott Stanfield, John Michael Stevens, Kristen Suzanne Stewart, Brittany M. Strachan, Eugene Wilkes Stranch, Jeremy Lawson Tamer, Haroon Ali Tariq, Stephen Bryant Tate, Mary Kathryn Tedder, Brittany Jo Ann Thacker, Justin T. Torrence, Molly Elizabeth Trottier, Lauren Elizabeth Uberseder, John Gideon Vanhoy, Kaycee Nicole Vaught, Katie Elizabeth Vuncannon, Emily Kathryn Ward, Kelly Jeanne Ward, Jessica G Waters, Stefanie Noelle Watts, Jacob Lee Weinheimer, Bryan Scott Wence, Catherine Mathias Whaling, Madison E. White, Margaret Hamrick White, Cameron Steven Whitley, Christopher Patrick Willauer, Michael Lee Williams, Katherine Anne Wilson, Rachel Lynne Wilson, Joanna Lauren Wittmer and Jamie Kathryn Wolfe.
More area NCSU 2009 dean's list honorees will be cited in the next edition of Community Milestones.
□ Thomas Edward Cartee III, of Oak Ridge, has graduated from Trinity University in Texas with a B.A. degree in history and Spanish, and minors in Chinese. He has also been inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society at TU.
Cartee is the son of Tom and Kathy Cartee.
□ The following area students are 2009 spring graduates of Roanoke College:
Leah Ruth Sigal, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Barry W. Sigal of Lewisville, received a B.A. with a major in psychology. She is a graduate of Forsyth Country Day School.
Alison Jeanne Gilchrist, daughter of Page P. Gilchrist and Michael Brown, both of Lewisville, received a B.A. with a major in sociology. She is a graduate of Forsyth Country Day School.
Kently Bobbie Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby R. Page of Winston-Salem, received a B.A. with a major in music history. She is a graduate of Salem Academy.
□ Ryan Christie has graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a B.S. in business and management. He was also commissioned as a second lieutenant and has been accepted into the United States Air Force flight school in Del Rio, Texas.
Christie is the son of Mark and Renee Christie of Lexington.
□ Carolyn Couch, associate director of Career Services at Wake Forest University, will spend two weeks in Germany this fall as a Fulbright Scholar. She is one of 25 scholarship recipients nationwide selected to participate in a group seminar on German higher education and society through the U.S. State Department's FULBRIGHT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS PROGRAM. THE GROUP WILL VISIT UNIVERSITIES IN BERLIN AND OTHER CITIES.
Couch joined Wake Forest as assistant director of Career Services in 1997 and became associate director of career services in 2000. She received a B.S. degree from Meredith College in 1984, and an M.A. degree in student development counseling from Appalachian State University in 1991.
□ Tyler Benjamin Newnam has been named to the spring 2009 dean's list at Wake Forest University. He is the son of Don and Tina Newnam of Kernersville, and a graduate of East Forsyth High School.
□ The following area students were named to the spring 2009 dean's list at Virginia Tech:
Adam M. Abbruzzese, Clemmons; Jason T. Crutchfield, Clemmons; Nathaniel A. Fishel, King; James G. Brown, Pine Hall; William G. Brown, Pine Hall; Andrew P. Carruthers, Winston-Salem; Mason F. Patterson, Winston-Salem; Emily L. Porterfield, Winston-Salem; Caitlin M. Brown, Winston-Salem; Grayson D. Sasser, High Point; Andy D. Borum, High Point; Thomas A. Willingham, High Point; Matthew R. Lyons, Jamestown; Logan A. Willard, Kernersville; Grace A. Hall, Oak Ridge; Smith K. Woosley, Greensboro; Whitney L. Sheppard, Greensboro; Caitlin J. Thornley, Greensboro; Eric B. Beeson, Greensboro; Mark T. Klein, Greensboro; Haley R. Booe, Greensboro; Jessica I. Burchard, Greensboro; Laurie G. Manning, Greensboro; Miles C. Shipley, Banner Elk; Jeffrey A. Geldmeier, Boone; Dylan M. Fuller, Deep Gap; and Perry R. Isner, Sparta.
□ Sarah Tesh was named to the dean's list for the 2009 spring semester at Freed-Hardeman University in Tennessee. She is a senior and communications major, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Tesh of Clemmons.
□ Sarah Elizabeth Longworth was named to the dean's list for the 2009 spring semester at Wake Forest University. She is a 2008 graduate of Calvary Baptist High School, and is the daughter of Teri Longworth of Winston Salem.
□ Rebecca Gall of Winston-Salem and Alice Smith of Ararat, Va., were named to the spring 2009 dean's list at the University of Mary Washington in Fredrericksburg, Va.
□ Ellen Reid was awarded first-year honors at Sweet Briar College for outstanding academic achievement for the 2009 spring semester. She is majoring in studio art, and is the daughter of Theresa and Lawrence Reid of Germanton.
□ The following area students are 2009 summer graduates of Appalachian State University:
Advance: Charles Mcphail Battle, B.S.; Marie Anne Robertson, B.S.B.A.; and Amy Lynne Spade, M.A.
Banner Elk: Bradley Michael Bergman, B.S.; Bonnie Ann Blankenship, B.S.B.A.; Hannah E. Brown, cum laude, B.S.B.A.; Mary Michelle Eggers, B.S.B.A.; Ashley Marie Jones, B.S.; Casey Blythe Moore, B.S.; Ancha Poore, B.S.B.A.; and Amy Elizabeth Williams, B.S.
Belews Creek: William Brice Crigler, B.S.B.A.
Blowing Rock: Ben Gerald Allison, cum laude, B.S.B.A.; Robert B. Angle, M.A.; Wendy Lynn Barrett, summa cum laude, B.S.; Williams Coker Gandy, M.A.; Alyson Knapp Harding, B.S.; Carly Lyn Reynolds, B.S.B.A.; Megan Brooke Sweeting, B.S.; Ryan Lee Wilkie, cum laude, B.S.B.A.; and Emily Jessica Yates, B.S.
Boone: Nurgul Ryskulovna Aitalieva, M.P.A.; Christopher Edwards Askew, B.S.; Brittany Beshears Auten, B.S.B.A.; Courtney Alisha Beamon, B.S.; Tyler Reed Beardsley, M.P.A.; Nancy Marie Bell, summa cum laude, B.M.; Karen S. Brown, M.A.; Zachary Frank Brown, B.A.; Rebecca Joy Brunson, M.A.; Bradley Eugene Burgess, Cum Laude, B.A.; Candace Patrice Byrum, B.S.; David Justin Cameron, M.S.; Spencer Ryan Cameron, summa cum laude, B.S.; Melanie Dawn Childers, M.A.; Coleman Kidd Cosgrove, M.A.; Scott Stephen Critcher, magna cum laude, B.S.; Hildreth Ann Davis, E.S.; Jessica Kate Edelbaum, M.A.; Liu Fang Ernest, M.S.; John Delwon Fitch, B.S.B.A.; Robin Michelle Fleming, E.S.; Ashley Danielle Freeman, M.A.; Keith Brient Freeman, M.A.; Jonathan Farrell Geis, M.S.; Holly Kaimanakea Gyure, B.S.; Charles Bradley Hamby, magna cum laude, B.S.; Angela Presnell Harris, summa cum laude, B.S; Autumn Farrah Heinselman, M.A.; Tiffany Lynn Henderson, M.A.; Mary Elizabeth Herron, M.A.; Susan Jennifer Herzog, M.A.;Allison Caroline Hodges, B.S.; Deanna Jane Holaday, M.A.; Tracy Christine Horner, cum laude, B.S.B.A.; Matthew Jordan Jarrett, B.S.; Jessie Rebecca Jellicorse, cum laude, B.F.A.; Kristin Michelle Johnson, M.S.; Jack Mccall Jordan, B.S.; John Philip Keels, B.S.B.A.; James Patrick Kellam, cum laude, B.A.; Adam Gates Kerr, B.S.; Kenneth Wesley Knight, M.A.; Jordan Michael Lamb, B.S.C.J.; Andre' Marcel August Largente', magna cum laude, B.S.; Glen Craig Letterle, B.S.; Shaina Eden Lewis, B.S.; Matthew Hayes Lincoln, B.A.; Chasity Nicole Lowman, B.S.; Mary Catherine McAlear, B.S.C.J.; Kevin Patrick McKinney, B.S.B.A.; Lynn Kidd McNeil, M.A.; Melanie Rose Melton, M.A.; Caroline K. Mette, B.S.B.A.; Casey L. Miller, B.S.B.A.; Holly M. Miskey, M.A.; Julia Sublett Mitchell, B.S.; Joseph Thomas Moyer, B.S.; Marcus Erich Nuetzi, B.S.: Jared Stuart Payne, M.S.; Matthew Ronald Piercey, B.S.B.A.; Robert Everett Qualheim, B.S.B.A.; Thomas R. Rhyne, B.S.C.J.; Cari Ann Riggs, B.S.; Jennifer Lynn Rivas, B.S.B.A.; Ashley Beth Roberts, summa cum laude, B.S.; Jeffrey Lee Roberts, B.S.; Brad James Sherrill, B.S.; Samuel Richard Sink, B.S.B.A.; Adam Blythe Smith, M.S.; Tina Soutthanirasay, M.S.; Joseph Berry Stallings, B.S.; Elisabeth Adele Story, cum laude, B.S.; Kimberly Elizabeth Straple, Cum Laude, B.S,; Giedre Dambrauskaite Taylor, M.S.; Ashley Elizabeth Tessener, B.S.; Michael Patrick Toomey, Jr., B.S.B.A.; Hannah Julia Triplett, B.S.; Seth Wayne Triplett, B.S.B.A.; Joseph Graham Turner, III, M.A.; Rebecca Jean Wade, M.M.; Alaina S. Walker, B.A.; Jacob Bradford Wandler, M.A.; Sarah Nicole Washburn, cum laude, B.S.B.A.; Adam Robert Wenzel King, B.S.; Adrian Russell Wilkinson, B.S.B.A.; Ashley Silberman Williams, M.S.; Gabriel Skyler Williams, B.S.; Jodie Renee Willis, B.S.C.J.; Megan Ann Wilson, B.S.; Kurt L. Wolfmueller, B.S.B.A.; Andrew Gaither Wright, B.S.; and James Lee Yeckley, B.S.B.A.
More area ASU 2009 summer graduates will be cited in the next edition of Community Milestones.
□ The following area students are 2009 spring graduates of Virginia Tech:
Crystal Beroth, Pilot Mountain, B.S.; David Keith, Pilot Mountain, summa cum laude, B.S.; Justin Plaisted, Winston-Salem, B.S.; Margaret Kornegay, Winston-Salem, B.S.; Cady Parrish, Winston-Salem, B.S.; Dylan Greenwood, Winston-Salem, magna cum laude, B.A.; Andrew Weaver, High Point, B.S.; Rhett Ballard, High Point, B.S.; Thomas Inman, High Point, B.S.; Thomas Willingham, High Point, B.S.; Jeffrey Landing,
Jamestown, B.S.; John Martin, Kernersville, B.S.; Ryan Neely, Oak Ridge, B.S.; Meredith Duncan, Greensboro, summa cum laude, B.S.; Mark Klein, Greensboro, magna cum laude, B.A.; Haley Booe, Greensboro, B.A.; and Christopher Willis, Greensboro.
IN THE ARTS
□ Terri Kirby Erickson, a Lewisville poet, won two awards in the 2009 Adult and Student Contest of the N.C. Poetry Society. The winners were announced during a celebration held at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines. Erickson won two honorable mention awards in the adult category. One was for the Caldwell Nixon Jr. Award and the other was for the Lyman Haiku Award.
The annual NCPS Poetry Contests consist of nine categories for adults and five categories for students from third grade through undergraduate, with all categories being judged by acclaimed, out-of-state poets.
IN THE MILITARY
□ Army Pvt. Aaron C. Emerson has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consists of basic infantry training and advanced individual training.
Emerson is the son of Shain Johnson of Davidson and Tracy Johnson of Winston-Salem, and a 2007 graduate of North Davidson High School.
□ Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason N. DeHart, along with other sailors and Marines from the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, Norfolk, Va., and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune, has been deployed to support Maritime Security Operations, provide crisis response capability, and increase theater security cooperation and forward Naval presence in the Fifth and Sixth Fleet areas of operation.
DeHart is a 2001 graduate of North Surry High School, and joined the Navy in February 2005. He is the son of Jeanette E. McIntyre of Mount Airy and Keith N. DeHart of Stuart, Va.
□ Air Force Airman 1st Class Tiffany J. Gray has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, and has earned credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. She is the daughter of Tamara Gray of Winston Salem, the niece of Karyn Gray of Kannapolis, and a 2008 graduate of Ronald Reagan High School.
IN OTHER AREAS
□ A project proposed by Sara Allen Harper of Winston-Salem has been chosen for the inaugural round of funding from the Jefferson Public Citizens program at the University of Virginia. Inspired by student design efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina, Harper and four other students will create a ready-made prototype shelter to tackle the immediate needs of victims, like water and energy. The group hopes to partner with the Building Goodness Foundation to produce a shelter design in time to aid future disaster situations.
Harper's team is one of the 16 student group projects U.Va. is funding as part of its newly launched Jefferson Public Citizens program, which grew out of Commission for the Future of the University.The program is an effort to connect public service to academics and to prepare students for life after college.
Harper is the daughter of Lars and Mary Harper, and a graduate of Reynolds High School. She is a third-year student at U.Va., majoring in architecture.
News of accomplishments of Journal readers runs in the Community Milestones column on Mondays. To submit an item for publication, e-mail information and photos to Features@wsjournal.com. Information should include a contact name and daytime phone number. Submissions are generally published in the order in which they are received. Delays can be expected during those times of the year when submissions are high, e.g., during school graduations.
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