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<lst>For two weekends in February, students from Seminar two in the Sustaining Base Leadership and Management class 05-1 from Fort Belvoir's Army Management Staff College volunteered their time with Meade Memorial Episcopal Church in Alexandria, providing meals to the area homeless. Frannie Packard organized and led the project along with Gloria Ward-Lewis, a Seminar two student and member of the congregation, who served as the liaiason. The students donated beverages, salads, desserts and their time to this community project. They delivered, prepared and served meals as well as spending time with those who came to eat. Seminar two member Jeff Temple brought his family along to share the experience. His daughter, Lindzey and two sons, Niko and Maisen, helped set the tables, delivered refreshments, and served soup. To learn more about the SBLM program, visit www.amscportal.belvoir.army.mil/portal/page?_pageid=33,42600&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Manisa Pipattanasomporn, of Alexandria, a post-doctoral fellow at Virginia Tech’s Alexandria Research Institute (ARI), has been awarded the 2005 Doctoral First Prize from the District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies (DCCEAS). She was recognized for "Model for the Least-Cost Telecommunication Infrastructure in a Remote Area," a paper related to her Ph.D. dissertation she wrote at ARI. She will receive a certificate and an $800 prize during an awards banquet later this month. Pippattanasomporn completed her Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech in December 2004. Her fields of interest are renewable energy systems, critical infrastructure and distributed generation.
Todd Cameron Knisley of Alexandria has received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarship at West Virginia University. To qualify for the honor, students must achieve a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the Fall Term of 2004.
2005 Spring Cardinal AAU Basketball will be holding tryouts at Mt. Vernon High School, 8515 Old Mt. Vernon Highway. The cost for registration is $25 for those mailed in, and $40 at the Door. For girls age 9-13, tryouts are March 10 and 11, from 7-8:30 p.m. and March 13, from 1-3 p.m. For boys age 9-13, tryouts are March 16, 17 and 18, from 7-8:30 p.m. For boys age 14-17, tryouts are March 13, from 3-5 p.m. and March 14 and 15, from 7-9 p.m. E-mail Stan King at kingstan@hotmail.com or visit www.cardinalaaubasketball.com.
Mary Fawcett, an English teacher at St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes, received a 2005 Excellence in Teaching Award from The College of Wooster on Feb. 25. She was one of nine secondary school teachers honored by the college.
The winners were nominated by former students who are now members of the first-year class at Wooster. Students were asked to recommend a teacher who had made a significant contribution to their education and had challenged them to do their best work. A panel of Wooster faculty reviewed the nominations and made the selections. Fawcett was nominated by Christina Shiroma, a 2004 graduate of St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes.
Shadarra Alexander, Osvaldo Alvarado, Zaria Barnes, Festus Boateng, Michelle Chandias, Nicholas Clevenger, Benjamin Deneault, Demarcus Edwards, Solace Enyonam, Eric Fuentes, Stephanie Garcia-Perz, Alexandra Golding, Kadiatu Jalloh, Alhassan Kamara, Katherine Kamara, Ramon Lomeli, Ana Menendez-Barrera, Elizabeth Noble, Abigail Okyere, Madison Pollard, Jaime Rodriguez-Pacheco, Deonta Saleem, Serenna Schantz, DeAnte Terry, Matthew Vest, and Brennan Willmott-McMahon have all been honored as students of the month of December 2004 at Woodley Hills Elementary School. There was a reception for the students on Jan. 5 at the school.
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership is now accepting applications for the 2005 College Leaders and High School Leaders Programs at the University of Virginia. The College Leaders Program will be held May 28-June 25 and will consist of 30 students, including graduating seniors, who are attending college in Virginia or are Virginia residents. The High School Leaders Program will be held July 9-July 23 and will consist of 24 students, graduating seniors, who are attending high school in Virginia or are Virginia residents who are at least 16 by July 1. The programs will contain state and local government, party systems and public policy. For more information, call 434-982-4943 or visit www.sorenseninstitute.org.
There will be two high school reunions in Alexandria this year. The Mount Vernon High School, class of 85 will have their reunion May 25 at the Radisson in Old Town. The T.C. Williams High School, class of 95, will have their reunion June 30 at Hilton Arlington. The reunions are arranged by Great Reunions. Visit www.greatunions.com or call 714-655-7971.