Local students earn academic honors
Several area students have earned academic honors at their chosen colleges/universities. They include:

Baldwin-Wallace College: Nick Clemons, of Oak Harbor; Chelsea Nissen, of Williston, Grant Hesselbart, of Woodville.

Capital University: Kallie Stahl, of Williston.

Columbus College of Art & Design: Andraya Young, of Millbury.

Davis College: Nicole Clapsaddle, Sue Henneman, Alicia Williams, of Toledo; Vicki Niefer, of Genoa.

Claire Konieczny

Ohio Northern University: Joshua Hille, of Curtice; Rachel Pioch, of Northwood.

University of Akron: Kyle Simon, of Oregon; Kirsten Wegman, of Northwood; Charles Phillips, of Toledo; Kim Canfield, Rachel Utendorf, of Elmore; Brandon Browning, Brooke Browning, of Oak Harbor; Erin Bostic, of Woodville.

University of Findlay: Brett Christy, of Curtice; Amber Shaffer, of Elmore; Elliot Goetz, Jordan Kirwen, Stefanie Lauer, of Gibsonburg; Stephanie Fisher of Helena; Ashton Brown, of Luckey; Kaitlyn Lemon, of Oak Harbor; Kaitlyn Scheid, Ashley Seifert, of Pemberville; Elizabeth Simpkins, of Woodville; Derek Gyori, Jonathan Labuhn, Christopher Rossi, of Oregon; Lindsey Vicroy, of Northwood.

University of Northwestern: Ryan L. Zunk, of Millbury.

NDA students compete
The Notre Dame Academy Speech Team recently competed in the Ohio High School Speech League’s State Tournament, which took place at Whitmer High school on March 4 and 5.

NDA had a record 29 young women qualify for the tournament. NDA Speech Team member Claire Konieczny, of Millbury, competed and was a state quarter-finalist in Original Oratory.

Scholarship awardees
Bryttany Grimes, a sophomore criminal justice administration major, has been awarded The University of Findlay’s William A. Barton Scholarship, Heritage Scholarship for African-American Students and Margaret and Paul Palmer Family Scholarship for the 2010-11 academic year.

Grimes, of Toledo, is a 2008 graduate of Waite High School.

Amber Shaffer, a senior equine business management/business management major, has been awarded The University of Findlay’s John W. and Hester Powell Grimm Business Scholarship, Shiv K. Gupta Business Scholarship and Charles A. Jackson Scholarship for the 2010-11 academic year.

Shaffer, of Elmore, is a 2007 graduate of Woodmore High School,

On campus, Shaffer participates in Sigma Kappa Sorority, Greek Council, marching band and wind ensemble. She was named Greek Woman of the Year.

Bryttany Grimes

Rethinking Spring Break
Heather Bishop, of Walbridge, was among a group of Mercy College Students who participated in the college’s “Alternative Spring Break program.

Although spring break is typically known as a time for students to flee from the classroom and look forward to the beach., that wasn’t the case for some Mercy College students.

Bishop was among a group of students in Mercy’s Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) Course “Mission, Healthcare Ministry and Enculturation” who traveled with their professors, Karen Elliott, CPPS, DMin, and Susan Bernheisel, RN, MSN, EdD, to Guatemala for an immersion experience.

The students worked with children who are patients at the Santo Hermano Pedro long-term care facility in Antigua, Guatemala from March 4-11. This facility is home to many children with chronic and often terminal illnesses are brought and left by their families.

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