NB students earn Western Wash. U
scholarships
Two college students from North Bend are getting scholarships to Western Washington University.
Hannah Piper, daughter of David and Sharon Piper of North Bend, received a $1,000 President’s Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year.
Marissa Pleasants, daughter of Garry and Donna Pleasants of North Bend, received a $500 President’s Scholarship for the upcoming year.
Western’s Presi-dent’s Scholarships are awarded to approximately the top 8 to 10 percent of incoming freshmen and transfer students, and are based on superior academic achievement.
Piper, an incoming freshman, earned a 3.94 GPA at Mount Si High School and is interested in majoring in international business. She has been an honor roll student since the sixth grade, and received the Regents Scholars Award during high school.
Pleasants, also an incoming freshman, earned a 3.89 GPA at Mount Si High School and is interested in majoring in pre-medicine. She was a member of the honor roll and was named Science Student of the Quarter at Mount Si. She also participated in Key Club and completed more than 250 hours of community service during high school.
Snoqualmie woman earns Western award
Western Washington University graduate student Emily Johnson, daughter of Barry and Patty Johnson of Snoqualmie, received a $1,800 Max and Priscilla Higbee Scholarship for the upcoming academic year.
Johnson has a 4.0 grade point average and is majoring in special education. She works as a graduate assistant and hopes to become a special-education teacher after graduating from Western.
Students named to Central list
Three students from Valley hometowns have been named to the Central Washington University honor roll for summer quarter.
Robert G. Jepson from North Bend, Daniel E. Murray of Snoqualmie, and Kelsey A. Crouter of Carnation received the honor.
Central undergraduate students who earn a 3.5 or better grade point average, on a 4.0 scale, while carrying at least 12 graded credit hours of study are eligible for the honor roll.
Students among National Merit semifinalists
Two Mount Si High School students are among semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Kyle H. Clark and Frances L. Gill were named as part of the 16,000 semifinalists in the 54th annual program. These seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $35 million, that will be offered next spring. The program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies.
To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
More than 1.5 million juniors in over 21,000 high schools entered the program.ary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
