Renee Spear of North Bend has accepted an invitation to join the honors program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Aerospace Engineering program this fall.

Spear received the Presidential Scholarship as well as the Women of Excellence Scholarship; along with various grants. Her career path is to earn a doctorate degree in engineering and she hopes one day to be an engineer on the space station.

She is the daughter of Gregg and Wendy Spear, sister of Brandon Spear. Her proud grandmothers are Betty Spear and Shirley Forgey, all of North Bend.