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A6 • NORTHWEST PRESS • AUGUST 15, 2012
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Australian trip is unforgettable My 17-day trip to Sydney, Canberra, Darwin, Kakadu, and Cairns, Australia was absolutely amazing and a learning experience. Preparation for the journey started in January, with several meetings with members of the People to People Ambassador Programs, which is headquartered in Spokane, Washington. The meetings and assignments were centered around learning about the history, government, geography, and culture of the Australian and Aboriginal people. Our delegation started our journey on June 30. We met Californian delegates in Los Angeles, and then boarded the flight to Sydney, Australia, where we spent three days. We experienced the history of Hyde Park Barracks, where convicts were sent over190 years ago. Later that day, we dined at Darling Harbor, where I had the opportunity to try kangaroo for dinner! Next, we headed to the capital of Australia, Canberra, where we toured Australia’s Parliament House and learned about Australian government and political history. From Canberra, we headed to the capital of the Northern
McAuley senior Maridia Minor went to Australia as part of the People to People Ambassador Program. THANKS TO KATHY DIETRICH Territory, Darwin, where we visited Crocodylus Park and watched crocodile feeding, and then on to Kakadu National Park, where we participated in an environmental service project by building a habitat for the abundance of bird life in the area known as the Top End. We hiked to Nourlangie Rock, home of
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Lightning Man (Narmargon). Then we were off to Katherine and we were greeted by Jawoyn people of the region as we followed in the footsteps of their ancestors by learning the importance of bush tucker and bush medicines. Cairns was our next destination, nestled between the Wet Tropic Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. Riding through the rainforest in an amphibious vehicle known as the Army Duck (DUKW) used in WWII by the U.S Military, was a true ride back in history while talking to a marine biologist about the preservation of the Barrier Reef. We also cuddled with koalas and watched kangaroo and wombats after we participated in an ‘Aussie’ bush dance. My 17-day stay built my cultural awareness as well as it helped me achieve new levels of self-awareness and personal development.
Maridia Minor, a senior at McAuley High School, traveled to Australia with the People to People Ambassador’s program. She is the daughter of Willie and Lori Minor of White Oak. At McAuley, she is involved in Key Club and the Book Club.
The combined McAuley and La Salle show choir perform in the World Choir Games. The group won a silver medal. PROVIDED.
COLLEGE CORNER Dean’s list
Sara Crowell, Hannah Popelka and David Wetterich were named to the spring dean’s list at Wittenberg University.
Graduates
The following students have graduated from the University of Cincinnati: Zeresenai Abraha, bachelor of science in computer engineering technology; Emily Addison, bachelor of science in nursing; Mallorie Agin, bachelor of science in nursing; Leah Aho, bachelor of science in nursing; Dawit Alemayehu, doctor of philosophy; Tess Alexander, associate of science; Tiffany Allen, juris doctor; Alexander Allendorf, bachelor of arts; Jennifer Amato, bachelor of science; Natalee Atkins, associate of applied science; Andrew Bachman, bachelor of science in civil engineering; Gregory Bahrani, associate of arts; Denis Bailey, bachelor of arts; Charles Balcom, bachelor of arts; Ryan Ball, master of architecture; Balynnda Barrett, associate of arts; Ashley Beck, associate of applied science; Kelsey Beckenhaupt, bachelor of science; Mitchell Beckman, bachelor of science in design; Michael Benton, master of education; Katherine Berling, associate of applied science; Charles Bindis, master of music; Julia Blanco, bachelor of science in nursing; Kelli Blum, master of arts; Melissa Bodner, bachelor of science; Mary Boeddeker, bachelor of science in design; Andrew Boeing, bachelor of science; Kevin Bole, bachelor of fine arts; Lindsey Bollin, associate of applied science; Teri Brantley-Hudson, master of social work; Robert Braun, bachelor of science; Jeffrey Brennan, bachelor of science; Jacob Bresnen, associate of technical studies; Michael Brinck, bachelor of business administration; Michelle Brinck, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Elizabeth Bross, master of social work; Laura Brothers, undergraduate certificate; Tyrone Brown, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Samantha Buchholz, bachelor of arts; Kyle Burns, master of architecture;Benjamin Burwinkel, associate of applied science; Elisia Bybee, bachelor of business administration; and Michael Byrne, bachelor of business administration; Molly CaJacob, juris doctor;
Brittany Caldwell, bachelor of science in nursing; Regina Cano, doctor of medicine; Erin Carpenter, bachelor of business administration; Lee Carraher, master of science; Michael Carraher, undergraduate certificate; Anastasia Carrier, bachelor of science in architecture; Aluthgama Chandananda, master of social work; Megan Chapman, bachelor of business administration; Lianlin Chi, master of science; Ebonie Clay, master of social work; Portia Clay, master of education; Bradley Clevenger, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Michael Colangelo, bachelor of science; Alicia Collins, bachelor of science in nursing; Susan Collins, bachelor of arts; Grayson Combs, bachelor of business administration; Montiel Cook, bachelor of science in education; Emily Cosker, bachelor of arts; Angela Crenner, bachelor of science in design; Casey Croslin, bachelor of science in education; Alexander Davis, associate of applied science; Erin Davis, master of education; Shaun Day, bachelor of music; Daniel Dean, master of fine arts; Emily Denterlein, bachelor of business administration; Erica DeNuzio, bachelor of science in architectural engineering technology;Peter Denuzio, bachelor of arts; Jonathan Doerger, bachelor of arts; Kelli Dorr, associate of arts; Krystal Dove, associate of applied science; Megan Driehaus, master of social work; Jamie Drout, bachelor of arts; Kimberly Dudley, bachelor of science in health sciences; Regina Dunlap, bachelor of social work; Maxwell Dunlay, associate of applied science; Kayla Dunn, master of science; Jeanette Eder, bachelor of arts; Molly Eiser, associate of science; Osunde Ekhator, bachelor of science; Nicholas Engel, associate of applied science; Bradley Epperson, bachelor of arts; Mario Esposito, bachelor of business administration; Cary Estes, bachelor of science in nursing; David Evers, associate of applied science; Jake Fabrey, bachelor of science in civil engineering; Bridget Faciane, master of social work; Anna Fahey, bachelor of science in nursing; Erika Feingold, bachelor of science; Rachael Feldman, master of social work;
Kyle Ficker, bachelor of science in civil engineering; Jennifer Flechler, associate of applied science; Lauren Flick, bachelor of science; Lia Foster, master of social work; Marc Foster, bachelor of arts; Charles Fry, associate of applied science; Erin Fussinger, undergraduate certificate; Michael Gaines, doctor of education; Diana Garrett, associate of applied science; Maureen Gartner, master of science in nursing; Russell Gatermann, bachelor of science in civil engineering; Julia Gatton, associate of arts; Kyle Geideman, bachelor of arts; Amanda Geiger, bachelor of science in nursing; Sarah Gellenbeck, bachelor of science; Mary Genis, bachelor of science in architecture; Eileen George, bachelor of business administration; Brent Gerrety, associate of technical studies; Kevin Gibboney, bachelor of arts; Courtney Gillespie, bachelor of arts; Erica Goetz, doctor of pharmacy; Jessica Gottmann, doctor of pharmacy; Joseph Graber, associate of arts; Amy Grider, bachelor of science in education; Rachel Griffiths, master of science in nursing; Lauren Guban, bachelor of science in education; Souleymane Gueye, bachelor of arts; Christopher Gundrum, bachelor of arts; Samantha Gustafson, bachelor of science in design; Bradly Haarmeyer, bachelor of science; Jonathan Hacker, bachelor of science in information technology; Collins Hall, bachelor of business administration; Wendy Harman, bachelor of science; Ryan Harper, bachelor of arts; Andrea Hartinger, bachelor of science; Hannah Hasinski, juris doctor; Megan Hathaway, bachelor of science in civil engineering; Sarah Hauck, bachelor of fine arts; Lauren Hausman, master of science; Kelcie Heil, bachelor of arts; Danielle Henry, master of architecture; Anna Herrmann, bachelor of science; Zachary Herrmann, bachelor of science; Patrick Heusmann, bachelor of arts; Heidi Heyse, bachelor of science; Katie Hill, associate of applied science; Tamika Hill, associate of arts; Alisha Hintz, bachelor of science; Justin Hoffman, bachelor of business administration; Michael Hollstegge, bachelor of science in health sciences;
Whitney Holtgrefe, bachelor of science; Kathleen Hungler, bachelor of science; Frederick Hunt, bachelor of business administration; Nicholas Hunter, bachelor of arts; Kaitlyn Igel, bachelor of science in nursing; Ian Iliff, bachelor of science in information technology; Michael Issler, master of education; Nicole Jackson, master of science in nursing; Susan Jackson, master of science in nursing; Alison Jaeger, bachelor of arts; Derrick Jenkins, doctor of philosophy; Cynthia Jennings, master of science in nursing; Jonathan Jennings, bachelor of arts; Jovita Jester-Wright, bachelor of science; Mindi Johnson, bachelor of science in education; Alexander Jonovski, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Abigail Jung, bachelor of science in education; Jacqueline Keller, associate of applied science; David Kellerman, bachelor of science in computer engineering; Jaclyn Kellerman, bachelor of science; Valrie Kelly, undergraduate certificate; Lilianne Kinne, bachelor of arts; Katherine Klopp, undergraduate certificate; Jack Knab, associate of applied business; Bradley Knipper, master of science; Kevin Knipper, bachelor of arts; Kevin Koch, associate of applied science; Claire Koenig, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Evie Kontopos, bachelor of science in education; Maria Kontopos, juris doctor; Regina Krahenbuhl, bachelor of arts; Jessica Kroger, doctor of philosophy; and Amanda Kunkel, bachelor of science in education; Lawrence Lampe, bachelor of arts; Daniel Lawson, bachelor of fine arts; Binh Le, bachelor of business administration; Caitlin Leahy, bachelor of science; Kendra Leahy, bachelor of science; Kylie Leahy, bachelor of science in health sciences; Kelsey Ledyard, bachelor of science in education; Timothy Lees, associate of applied science; Moustapha Lo, bachelor of science in chemical engineering; Jennifer Looby, bachelor of science in education; Connie Lunsford, bachelor of science in nursing; Richard Lupp, bachelor of business administration; Michelle Mahon, master of education; Sara Maratta, bachelor of arts; Keevan Marion, bachelor of science;
Kayla Marsh, bachelor of arts; Danielle Martin, associate of applied science; Michael Matthews, bachelor of arts; Steven Mavrolas, master of science; Kara May, bachelor of business administration; Sheila McCane, associate of applied science; Jesseca McDaniel, bachelor of business administration; Megan Meng, associate of arts; John Mercado, undergraduate certificate; Lindsey Metz, bachelor of arts; Timothy Meyung, bachelor of arts; Stacy Mickey, bachelor of business administration; Nicholas Miller, bachelor of business administration; Zachry Miller, bachelor of arts; Holly Minnich, bachelor of science; Joanna Mitchell-Brown, doctor of philosophy; Elizabeth Mohr, master of arts; Terri Moncrief, master of science; Ghenarra Moreno, bachelor of arts; Inga Mukha, bachelor of business administration; Jeffery Murphy, doctor of medicine; Jeffry Muse, associate of applied business; Elizabeth Mutters, bachelor of science in health sciences; Logan Naber, bachelor of science in aerospace engineering; Stephen Newland, bachelor of science in electrical engineering technology;Sean Newton, bachelor of arts; Diana Nguyen, bachelor of science in nursing; Hong-Ngoc Nguyen, bachelor of business administration; Joseph Nguyen, bachelor of science; Andrew Nichols, bachelor of business administration; Thomas Niehaus, bachelor of fine arts; Joseph Niemann, bachelor of science; Jessica Noble, associate of applied business; April Nordman, bachelor of science in education; David Nutt, bachelor of business administration; Nicole O'Connell, bachelor of science; Nicole Oehler, bachelor of arts; Deborah Orth, bachelor of science in education; Isaac Oti, master of engineering; Stacy Overbey, bachelor of arts; Tyra Owens, bachelor of arts; April Parson, associate of applied science; Johnathen Pegram, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering technology; Christopher Pelfrey, bachelor of science; Ryan Pence, bachelor of arts; Khiem Pham, bachelor of science; Rachel Pleasants, bachelor of arts; Kristin Plott, doctor of pharmacy; Matthew Poppe, undergraduate certificate; Michelle Posega, associate of applied
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