OSU-Cascades Announces 2009 Distinguished Students

The Distinguished Student award is one of the top honors given at OSU-Cascades. Recipients are selected by members of the faculty. The award recognizes a student from within each degree area in the current graduating class for outstanding achievement in academics and contribution to their field.

Distinguished Students consistently show a passion for learning and a dedication to their field of study and to the OSU-Cascades community. The Distinguished Student award was initiated in 2004.

A reception, attended by OSU-Cascades faculty members, and family and friends, will be held in the award recipients’ honor on Friday, June 12, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Gary Fish, president of Deschutes Brewery, Inc., will offer remarks. The reception will be attended by OSU-Cascades faculty and family and friends of the honorees.

2009 DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS

Oregon State University

Gretchen Scharpf	Eugene	Art
Lauren Shields	Sisters	Business
Carol Daviscourt	Corvallis	Tourism and Outdoor Leadership
Jacqueline Vance	Bend	Human Development and Family Sciences
Jack Chapman	South Beach	Liberal Studies
J. David Hanlon	Bend	Natural Resources
Jenifer Hume	Madras	Masters in Counseling (school counseling)
Liesl Farnsworth	Bend	Masters in Counseling (community counseling)
Jo Anne Bradley	Bend	Masters in Teaching

University of Oregon

Eva Kiezik	Bend	General Science
Kristin Jones	Bend	General Social Science
Gabriel Silas Behm	Bend	Mathematics
Jessica Dotson	Bend	Psychology

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About the OSU-Cascades Campus – Located in Bend, Ore., OSU-Cascades is the first branch campus in the Oregon University System. OSU-Cascades features small class sizes and one-on-one mentoring by outstanding faculty in such areas as Business Administration, Education, and Tourism and Outdoor Leadership.