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Ashley Wood of Fairfax was named to the dean's list at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. To qualify, students must maintain at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. She was also inducted to the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society and into The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She is the daughter of Mary E. Wood and Roger D. Wood of Fairfax.

Marymount University senior Cindy R. Jones of Fairfax has been awarded a $500 scholarship by Delta Mu Delta, the national honor society in business administration. Jones is on course to graduate from Marymount with a bachelor of Business Administration, with a concentration in Human Resources, in December 2004. Jones is the fourth Marymount student to receive one of these prestigious scholarships.

Francisco Javier Canizales of Fairfax graduated from Western Carolina University on May 8, 2004. Canizales received a bachelor of science degree in natural resource management.

The following Fairfax residents recently graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg: Moneira Ann Abdel-Rahman, Karen Elizabeth Anderson, Maria Lourdes Medenilla Banua, Blaire Elizabeth Bingham, William Dawes Blake, Courtney Alexandra Cherok, Kelly Brigette Chroninger, Charles Chulmo Chung, Frances Anne Coffey, Helen Maya Crumbaugh, Susanna Polk Emerson, Amy Rebecca Firestone, Thomas Okuda Fitzpatrick, Diana Gwen Gibson, Mariel Gonzalez, Jennifer Ann Haberlin, Erin Casey Herlihy, Jeremy W. Hochberg, Ammar Jaghlit, Ryan Peter Klopf, Joseph Reed Libby, Amaar Ullah Malik, Ryan Matthew McKillips, Bradley Robert Olesen, Lauren Blasingame Pack, Cathleen Marjorie Parks, Andrew Stephen Richardson, Luis Carlos Richter, Benjamin Caen Rothermel, Paul Edward Sammer, Denison Thomas Schimmel, Lena Oak Suk, Thoai-Lan Nguyen Tran, Christine Susanne Wahle, Cicely Cornelia Wolters and Elizabeth Laura Workman.

George Mason University was awarded a $7,500 Operation Undergrad grant from the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The grant, for the 2004-05 academic year, is used to combat underage and binge drinking among college students.

Tim Nguyen of Fairfax recently graduated with a doctor of pharmacy degree from Drake University, Iowa.

Nathalie Miserez Dillon of Fairfax was awarded the Nebraska Legacy scholarship to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The scholarship is in the amount of $8,490.

Joseph Lee Kurenbach of Fairfax was awarded the New Nebraskan scholarship to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The scholarship is in the amount of $8,490.