School District 81 Names Disinguished Teachers
Spokane School District 81 area directors chose Vicki Hertz, a seventh-grade English teacher at Salk Middle School, and Jeanne Marque, supervising teacher in the Contract Based Education/ Transition programs at Havermale Alternative Center, as Distinguished Teachers for the fourth quarter of the 1994-95 school year.
David Hutton, mechanical engineering professor at Washington State University, has been named the first Boeing Professor of Manufacturing. This is a three-year position, in which he hopes that university-industry activity will increase and students will have more opportunities to solve real-world problems and take more manufacturing coursework through the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.
The manufacturing professorship program receives $250,000 from Boeing to enhance teaching and research.
The following students recently graduated from Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho:
Leslie Spencer, Colfax, Wash.; Amy McComas, Greenacres; Alisha Miller and Cheri Stumm, both of Mead; Jennifer Boston, Mica; Michael Campbell, Rockford; Kathryn Kennedy, Kathryn Larson, Laird Rasmussen, J.J. Schlerf and Molly Wintrode, all of Spokane; and Jaime Bond, David Davenport and Candice Zirkle, all of Veradale.
Jay Glascoe, Spokane, and Greg Wagenhoffer, Walla Walla, recently graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Nathan Ramsey, son of Katharine Ramsey, Spokane, and Chris Ramsey, Rockford, has been selected as a Cornell Tradition Fellow for the 1995-96 academic year at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Deon Smith has been selected for membership in the Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges honors program. The son of Greg and Linda Smith, he graduated recently with a bachelor of science in biology and has been on the chancellor’s honor roll with a 4.0 grade-point average.
He will continue his studies at the University of Oklahoma.
Leslie Driver, daughter of Gary Driver, Cusick, Wash., and Noma Campbell, Winthrop, Wash., has been named the top scholar in the College of Sciences at Washington State University. She recently graduated cum laude with honors from WSU.
She had been the top geology student for two years and last year was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa scholastic honorary. She is a 1990 graduate of Liberty Bell High School.
The Future Problem Solvers from Colfax High School recently represented Washington state at the group’s 21st annual international conference. The team was composed of Travis Baldree, Ibra Bordsen, Megan Carr and Karen Mabbutt. Lisa Mabbutt, who also attended, won the individual competition. , DataTimes MEMO: To tell us about your achievements and good deeds, write to Achievements, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210, or 608 Northwest Blvd., Suite 200, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814.