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2015 GRADUATES

Following are recent college and university graduates with local ties:

Drew Bryant, of Vancouver, graduated summa cum laude from Seattle Pacific University on June 13.

Kelli Conway, of Vancouver, graduated from Whitworth University, Spokane, in May.

Connor Dack, of Vancouver, graduated with honors from Montana State University, Bozeman, on May 9.

Kevin Fain, of Camas, graduated cum laude from the University of San Diego on May 24.

Alexander Geske, of Vancouver, graduated from Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Mo., on May 16.

Jonathan Keranen, of Vancouver, graduated with highest honors from Montana State University, Bozeman, on May 9.

Jonathan McLeman, of Vancouver, graduated from New York University’s Stern School of Business on May 22.

Connor O’Neill, of Washougal, graduated from William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., in May.

James Patton, of Vancouver, graduated from Montana State University, Bozeman, on May 9.

Geovanni Perez, of Vancouver, from Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, on May 10.

Nathaniel Wills, of Washougal, graduated cum laude from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, on May 15.

Garrett Wissbaum, of Vancouver, graduated from the University of San Diego on May 24.

DEAN’S LIST HONOREES

These students from Clark County were recently named to their college or university’s spring 2015 dean’s list:

Lori Baumgartner, of Vancouver, at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minn.

Drew Bryant, of Vancouver, at Seattle Pacific University.

Daniel Chapman, of Vancouver, at Grove City College, Grove City, Penn.

Desiree Dhanens, of Battle Ground, at the University of Montana Western, Dillon.

Saybra Dieu, of Vancouver, at the University of New England, Maine.

Alessandra Fazio, of Ridgefield, at Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.

Kayla Hernstadt, of Camas, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

Kyuri Kim, of Vancouver, at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Kara Krebs, of Vancouver, at the University of Washington.

Matthew Leong, of Vancouver, at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

Steven McCarthy, of Brush Prairie, at Concordia University, Irvine, Calif.

Micah Meadowcroft, of Vancouver, at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich.

Nathanael Meadowcroft, of Vancouver, at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich.

Alexander Parker, of Vancouver, at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn.

John Saulie-Rohman, of La Center, at Bismarck (N.D.) State College.

Kara Schmidt, of Vancouver, at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich.

Carrie Stump, of Battle Ground, at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

Lauren Taylor, of Brush Prairie, at Concordia University, Irvine, Calif.

Robert Thompson, of Vancouver, at Bismarck (N.D.) State College.

Daniel Vasey, of Vancouver, at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis.

OUTSTANDING YOUNG EDUCATOR AWARD

Janice Broten, a leadership instructor at La Center Middle School, was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Educator Award for 2015 from The Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. She will accept the award at the Washington Educators’ Conference in Bellevue in October. Broten’s students plan pep assemblies, spirit days, dances, fundraisers, service projects and bullying presentations for La Center Middle School. For the past nine years, Broton facilitated the school’s annual Kids Making Miracles for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital fundraiser, and students raised more than $42,000 during that time.

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