Local teen achieves Eagle Scout Cameron H. Taylor, 15, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor ceremony April 26.
Cameron is the 33 rd scout of Troop 430, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to attain the rank. He completed his Eagle Scout requirements by planning, organizing and implementing a project involving 20 volunteers to renovate the Arkansas section of the Confederate Cemetery in Fayetteville. During the renovation, which took place May 26, 2007, Cameron and volunteers cleaned all the tombstones in the Arkansas section, re-cementing the ones that had been broken. Cameron is the son of Gary and Michele Taylor and is the second in his family to achieve Eagle Scout, after his older brother, Brysen. Hindsville student picked to lead Ambassadors Amy Graham of Hindsville has been selected as president of the University Student Ambassadors at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Students in University Student Ambassadors represent the UA Fort Smith by assisting in recruiting activities, providing student participation in special events on and off campus, working closely with other offices and organizations on campus, and sponsoring the Mr. UA Fort Smith Pageant fundraiser each year. University Student Ambassador candidates must be full-time students with a grade point average of at least 2. 5. Finalists go through an interview process before the final Ambassadors are chosen. Graham, a junior and early childhood education major, is in her third year as an ambassador. T 2 offers summer drama camp TheatreSquared, Northwest Arkansas' professional theater company, will again offer the Summer Drama Academy, a creative camp designed for students who are new to theater as well as students seeking to further develop their skills.
This year's week-long Academy will feature two sessions, one in Fayetteville for students in grades 7-12 and one in Bella Vista for grades 3-12.
This summer, TheatreSquared will produce "A MidSummer Night's Dream," and students will have a oncein-a–lifetime opportunity to work with the actors from the production to explore the work of the bard.
Students will work on scene study, character improvisation, and comedy improvisation and movement. Students will also learn about Shakespeare while improving stage skills like presence, focus, leadership and communication, as well as life skills such as self-confidence, discipline, integrity, commitment and teamwork.
The Fayetteville session will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 9-13 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 224 N. East Ave. Cost is $ 115. The Bella Vista session will be from 9 a.m. to 3: 30 p.m. June 16-20 at Riordan Hall, at a cost of $ 195. Halfday sessions are available from 9 a.m. to noon at a cost of $ 100. Students should bring a bag lunch to all sessions. To register call 445-6333 or go to www. theatresquared. org. Alumni Weekend raises more than $ 5000 for charity The seventh annual Razorback Baseball and Diamond Doll Alumni Weekend, which took place May 2-3, raised more than $ 5, 000 for the Pagnozzi Youth Sports Scholarship Fund. More than 75 alumni and their families attended the weekend of festivities.
More than 90 golfers participated in the Alumni Golf Tournament at Stonebridge Meadows. Grand Slam Flight winners were, first place, Barry Talley, Grant Smith, Larry Bryan and Joseph Lacy; second place, Patrick Woodruff, Charlie Boyce, Nick Pitts and Collin Johnson; and third place, Mark Taylor, Dwight Tucker, Ed Smithson and Mark Taylor.
Home Run Flight winners were, first place, Jay Hawkins, Clyde Iglinsky, Rob Wilson and Ron Calaway; second place, Bob Goltz, Jason Goltz, Jason Shirey and John McNeill; and third place, Chip Souza, Ryan Malashock, Nathan Allen and Grant Hall.
Winner of the Long Drive Contest was Ryan Harrington and Closest to the Pin was Steve Carney.
Pagnozzi Charities granted 1, 563 sports scholarships in 2007 for children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Scholarships were given for equipment purchases, travel expenses, uniforms, camp registration fees, recreational program fees, monthly instructional classes, and Razorback game tickets for families. Scholarships are granted based on a household's financial income according to standards set by national guidelines of the Department of Human Services. UA professor featured in new Rice University book University of Arkansas architecture professor Greg Herman is among 68 alumni of Rice University's School of Architecture who is celebrated in a new book," The Things They've Done," by longtime Rice professor William T. Cannady.
The illustrated profiles demonstrate a wide range of career choices among the group, including architectural design, teaching, painting, acting, photography, real estate development and spacecraft design.
Herman earned a master's degree in architecture from Rice, after which he practiced in Boston and became a licensed architect. Since coming to the UA in 1991 he has taught design at every level of the curriculum.
The School of Architecture honored Herman with the Mott Outstanding Teacher Award an in 2000, 2003 and 2004 and he was elected a Fellow in the UA Teaching Academy in 2005.
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