In brief: Grape Expectations next Saturday
Grape Expectations, the Coeur d’Alene Symphony League’s fourth annual wine, music and auction, will be June 30 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Old Church Arts and Cultural Center, 405 William St., Post Falls. The league supports scholarship funds and orchestral needs of the local nonprofit orchestra. Tickets are $25 per person and are available through the symphony office at 765-3833 or by calling 772-5917.
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NIC’s Sentinel wins award
North Idaho College’s renowned student newspaper The Sentinel recently earned the title of Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper from the Society of Professional Journalists.
The prestigious national award was presented to the NIC student newspaper through the SPJ’s 2006 Mark of Excellence Awards, which included more than 3,300 entries in 39 categories.
The Sentinel was competing against four-year colleges and universities for the award and was one of only two two-year schools to win a Mark of Excellence Award.
Other finalists in the Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper were the University of Nevada, Reno and Auburn University in Alabama.
“The students really are a fantastic team,” said NIC Journalism Instructor and Sentinel Adviser Nils Rosdahl. “They work hard to teach each other – the veterans working with the rookies – so they can maintain their tradition of excellence.”
The Sentinel will be honored during the 2007 SPJ Convention and National Journalism Conference in Washington, D.C., in October.
Student granted fellowship
North Idaho College graduate Veronica Hendricks, of St. Maries, was recently selected for an elite 10-week fellowship this summer at Boise State University.
The $5,000 fellowship is part of a highly competitive undergraduate research program sponsored by Idaho-INBRE (Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) and offered at five colleges and universities across the state. The program gives students with interest and aptitude the opportunity for research experience.
Hendricks, who was class valedictorian at Kootenai High School in Harrison, will work with Julia Oxford, Ph.D., at Boise State, investigating the use of collagen as a naturally occurring biomolecular nanowire for the detection and sensing of biomolecular analytes.
At the end of the fellowship, Hendricks and other fellows will present their summer research at the annual Idaho-INBRE conference Aug. 6-8 at the University of Idaho.
While at NIC, Hendricks completed two internships, one at Accurate Testing Laboratory and one at BNAL at the University of Idaho Research Park. She received NIC’s Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Award while taking Calculus I, II and III simultaneously. She was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society for two-year colleges, and served as secretary of the Latino Club. Hendricks was also an active member of the Logger Sports Team through the University of Idaho.
From staff reports