Graduates
Bob Jones College: Matthew Meroff, of Lexington, A.S. in enterprise; Alexis Shelley of Mount Ethereal, cum laude with a B.S. in science schooling; Kaleigh McKinney of Walnut Cove, summa cum laude with a BSN in nursing; Abigail Spendlove of West Jefferson, magna cum laude with a BSN in nursing
Chadron State Faculty, Hamptonville: Delma Richard Church, Grasp of Arts in schooling
Dixie State College, Walnut Cove: Stephanie Romriell
Utah State College: Sarah Conaway of Winston-Salem, B.S. in communicative issues and deaf schooling; Claire Mayfield of Pfafftown, B.S. in English; Sage Souza of Boone, B.S. in political science
Grants
The Blue Ridge Parkway Basis has secured two grants totaling $911,117 from the U.S. Financial Growth Administration to assist financial growth planning within the Blue Ridge Parkway hall in Virginia and North Carolina. The grants are funded by way of the American Rescue Plan Act and U.S. EDA’s packages to advance financial restoration and resilience in journey, tourism and different sectors.
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The complementary grants, $393,193 for Virginia and $517,924 for North Carolina, will assist the inspiration’s efforts to have interaction group leaders within the 12 Virginia and 17 North Carolina counties within the Blue Ridge Parkway hall. Utilizing a collaborative course of, the nonprofit will work alongside the native leaders to develop focused methods to boost tourism, out of doors recreation and associated financial actions.
The muse has workplaces in Asheville and Winston-Salem and Roanoke and Galax, Va. For data, go to BRPFoundation.org.
Honors
The next folks lately have been initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all tutorial disciplines: Zach Martin of Fleetwood at College of Delaware and Kyarra Beck of Thomasville at Western Carolina College.
Belhaven College, president’s checklist, Statesville: Deborah McCoy
Bob Jones College, dean’s checklist: Tucker Arnold of Excessive Level, Matthew Meroff of Lexington
College of the Cumberlands, dean’s checklist: Courtland Ellis of Statesville, Micha Harris of King, Makayla Marquis of Pilot Mountain
Scholarships
The Nationwide Benefit Scholarship Company has introduced this yr’s Nationwide Benefit $2,500 Scholarship winners.
Native students, all highschool seniors, embody: Sophia R. Scherer and Joshua James Howard, Forsyth Nation Day Faculty; Andrew S. Gaylord, Bishop McGuinness Catholic Excessive Faculty; Ghazal Mirzazadeh, Atkins Tutorial and Expertise; and Leah G. Stitzel, R. J. Reynolds Excessive.
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