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Six graduate from Georgia Tech
Academic honors
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Special to the Couirer
Updated: Feb 3, 2017, 12:00 AM
Published: Feb 2, 2017, 5:17 PM

ATLANTA — Six people from Richmond Hill were among more than 3,200 undergraduate and graduate students who received degrees at Georgia Institute of Technology during the institute’s 252nd commencement on Dec. 16-17.

They are:

Elizabeth Balga, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Breanna Cota, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Kevin Forbes, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Ryan Landers, Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Humberto Nieves, Master of Science in Information Security

Emily Simmons, Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering.

St. Mary’s College

NOTRE DAME, IN — Saint Mary’s College named Elizabeth Reid of Richmond Hill to its dean’s list for the fall 2016 semester.

To earn academic honors at Saint Mary’s, a student must achieve a grade point average of at least 3.6 on a 4.0 scale, have at least 12 graded credit hours, no incompletes, and no grades lower than a C.

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Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer shows her Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. With her are Tom Harris, Ashlee Farris, Brett Berry and Kim Diebold. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016. - photo by Photo provided.
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Updated: May 17, 2018, 8:11 PM
Published: May 17, 2018, 8:37 PM

Three reports recently presented scholarships

Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer received the Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016.

Garden Club

The Richmond Hill Garden Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Katherine Wood and a $500 scholarship to Carly Vargas, both seniors graduating from Richmond Hill High School.

The awards were presented May 8 during Honors Night at RHHS.

Wood plans to attend Green Mountain College in Vermont and major in environmental studies.

Vargas plans to attend Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, to pursue a degree in either environmental studies or biology.

The garden club awards a $1,000 scholarship annually to a local high school senior who plans to major in a field related to environmental concerns, plants and/or gardening.

This year, due to having two exceptional candidates, the garden club awarded an additional $500 scholarship.

Exchange Club

The Exchange Club of Richmond Hill recently named Caroline Odom as its student of the year.

The club each month during the school year names a student of the month, and the student of the year is chosen from among those winners.

Awards are based on academic performance, community involvement and leadership.

Monthly winners receive $100, with the annual winner getting a $1,000 scholarship.

The Exchange Club has been recognizing students for more than 30 years.

Odom will go on to compete in the Georgia District Exchange Club against students from across the state.

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