Honors - 7/30/06

July 27, 2006 11:17 pm

— Dillon Bryant, nephew of James and Pam Carroll of Olive Hill, was inducted into the University of Kentucky’s Robinson Scholars Program.
He was one of 29 middle school students from 29 Eastern Kentucky counties inducted into the scholarship program, which is now in its 10th year.
The Robinson Scholars Program is a scholarship, student support and leadership development program that serves first generation college-bound and college students who have demonstrated the potential to succeed but who might encounter economic, cultural or institutional impediments to completion of four-year college degrees.
The program provides full college tuition, room and board and books during the college careers of students who must maintain an acceptable grade point average and graduate from high school to receive their scholarships.
He will attend West Carter High School this fall.
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Kaitlin Marie Mansfield, daughter of Teddi Mansfield of Ashland and a graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School, is among those students receiving a Regents Scholarship for the 2006-07 school year at Morehead State University. She also received a music scholarship.
To be eligible for a Regents Scholarship, a student must have a minimum ACT composite score of 20. Valued at $2,500 per year, a Regents Scholarship is renewable for up to four years if the recipient maintains the required grade point average.
Music scholarships are talent-based and awarded to the most highly qualified student performers as determined through an audition.
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Erin Renee Kazee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Kazee of Flatwoods, has been named to the dean’s list at Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn.
To qualify, a student must receive grades equivalent to a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale for the semester.
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Thomas Murray Gillespie of Ashland has been named to the dean’s list at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., for the spring semester.
To be named, a student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.6 quality point average during the semester.
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Rebecca Hopkins, daughter of Joel and Karen Hopkins of Catlettsburg, a 2004 graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School, and Nichole Stamper, daughter of Frank and Glenda Hickman, a 1998 graduate of Russell High School, have been named to the honor roll at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson for the spring semester.
To be placed, a student must earn between 3.3 and 3.74 GPA and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 semester hours.
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Alan McDilda II of Ashland was awarded the Exley Memorial Scholarship at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy in Morgantown, W.Va.
The scholarship was created in memory of Ben Exley III, Class of 1934.
McDilda is entering his third professional year at WVU School of Pharmacy.
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Jeremy Paul Cremeans, son of Larry and Liz Cremeans of Flatwoods, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Louisville, J.B. Speed School of Engineering with a bachelor of science degree, highest honors, in electrical engineering on May 13.
He is a member of Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu Association of Electrical Engineering, Golden Key International Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
He is the grandson of Paul and Marlene Cantrall of Wurtland and Joe and Ginny Cremeans of Savannah, Ga. He is a 2002 graduate of Russell High School and is enrolled in U of L’s Speed Engineering graduate program.
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University of Kentucky Presidential Scholarships have been awarded to several area students. The scholarship is valued at approximately $26,500 and provides the cost of in-state tuition for four years.
Recipients include Ian Blake Holbrook, son of Blake and Pam Holbrook of Ashland and a graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School; Shayne Bates, son of Paul and Treva Bates, a Greenup County High School graduate; and John Calhoun, son of Gary and Barbara Calhoun, a Raceland-Worthington High School graduate.