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The following Ashburn-area students enrolled at Virginia Tech were named to the Dean's List for the fall 2006 semester. To qualify, students must attempt at least 12 credit hours graded on the A-F option and earn a 3.4 grade point average during the semester.
Katie J. McWilliam, Courtney R. Nolan, Kenneth B. O'Connor, Julia B. Richberg, Sahil Talwar, Dane N. Van Norden, Joshua C. Adams, Kelian E. Baker, Jason P. Cadwell, Nadia F. Dawood, Chelsea M. Feist, Jessica R. Gallegos, Andrew W. Harclerode, Rebecca R. Layman, Benjamin Y. Leonard, Michael G. Lukas, Andrew L. Lyford, Matthew R. Meroney, Nathan T. Nelson, Carl R. Quesnell, Jesse N. Robeson, Lucy R. Robeson, Herbin F. Rodriguez, Amy K. Sarver, Katherine K. Skipp, Patrick T. Summers, Bonnie L. Bailey, Stefanie M. Bartholic, Patrick A. Boebinger, Matthew R. Catlett, Evan A. Chapple, Christine L. Clark, Jennifer L. Crane, Ravi R. Dadhania, Jessica A. DeShazo.
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The following Sterling-area students enrolled at Virginia Tech were named to the Dean's List for the fall 2007 semester. To qualify, students must attempt at least 12 credit hours graded on the A-F option and earn a 3.4 grade point average during the semester.
Umar A. Aziz, Nicholas J. Baldi, Nancy A. Ballhagen, Jeremy R. Berg, Lindsay E. Berg, Kirsten E. Bernhards, Krystina M. Cocco, Elizabeth L. Dye, Tyler C. Dye, Thomas N. Easton, Nathan B. Entsminger, Warren L. Glismann, Jarri Hasnain, Denise C. Hommel, Allison M. Jarnagin, Jamie E. Leidelmeyer, Lane R. McNally, Megan E. Meidlinger, Paul A. Milotte, Jacqueline V. Nguyen, Jason W. Pilchuk, Michael A. Schaefer, Jamie L. Sinclair, Veronica M. Skinner, Vladimir S. Smirnov, Whitney L. Svensson, Michael J. Woods, Alyssa A. Yassine, Yusuf A. Abugideiri, Andrew J. Augustin, Tiffany A. Baracat, Robert D. Bowen, Kelly E. Brannock, Douglas B. Brenner, Kacie L. Brosious, Alexandra J. Butt, Lauren M. Butt, Chelsey T. Cooper, Chloe A. Csadenyi-Benson, Zachary M. Dana, Michael G. Diaz, Katherine E. Jonesl, Lisa M. Kaiser, Curtis R. Kobelski, Wright H. Lewis, Christopher B. Lockhart, John D. Medlock, Nathan M. Milaszewski, Alexandra K. Moses, Nahed Najmyar, Narges Najmyar, Delaney R. Parrish, Morgan L. Rezac, Anna A. Riabtsev, Marc A. Saint Raymond, Mandy L. Tehaan, Kristina M. Velarde, Sean C. Wilson, Victoria A. Wilson, Michael C. Fella.
Jonathon Malycke, son of Dan and Joy Malycke of Purcellville, has received appointments to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Co. He received a nomination to the Air Force Academy by U.S. Sen. John William Warner (R) of Virginia. U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) nominated Jonathon to the Naval Academy and the United States Air Force Academy.
Malycke will graduate from Notre Dame Academy of Middleburg, Va., in June. While taking five advanced placement courses his senior year and maintaining a 4.0 average during his high-school career, scored in top 95 percent in Virginia and U.S. on SATs, Jonathon has also given 25 hours of community service per year, was president of Science Club, co-captain of the golf team, National Honor Society member and a 2007 Presenter for the Greater Washington, D.C. Area Junior Science & Humanities Symposium at Georgetown University. He has attended the Naval Academy and Air Force Academy 2006 summer seminars, was an American Legion Boys State of Virginia delegate and Boys Nation finalist, played varsity baseball, junior varsity basketball and varsity golf.
The Loudoun Academy of the Arts announces the addition of Michael Davis to its faculty of professional art instructors.
Davis will teach “Painting the Still Life,” a class that explores the techniques of the great masters as well as the materials they used. Starting with a still life, he emphasizes the fundamentals of painting as he instructs participants to block and mass in their compositions and then use glazes to refine the painting.
Davis graduated from Shepherd University with an MFA in Painting and then attended the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore, Maryland. His work is in private and public collections throughout the U.S.
Del. Thomas Rust (R-86) has been honored by the Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education, known as “Virginia FREE.” The group is comprised of business representatives from a variety of industries and from all regions of Virginia. Each year, Virginia FREE issues evaluations of incumbent legislators based on a number of criteria. Del. Rust’s 2006 Cumulative Business Rating was 76, which places him among the top 10 in the Virginia House of Delegates. In the Effectiveness category, Rust scored a 67, which places him 12th in effectiveness out of the 100 members of the
House of Delegates. Rust was also recognized for a bill he introduced that Virginia FREE found especially important, dealing with municipal waste regulations.