VIETNAM VETERAN BORGQUIST NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR.Byline: SIMONE SCHRAMM Community columnist Arthur N. Borgquist of West Hills was named California Teacher of the Year in the middle school category by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and won $500. A $500 donation also was made to A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas, where Borgquist teaches. The award is given to teachers who fought overseas. Borgquist - who fought in the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. - was chosen by the VFW See Video for Windows. because of the citizenship lessons he teaches to his students. ``I wish you could all see how respectful my middle-schoolers are during (the) Veterans Day ceremony or Memorial Day lesson. These life-affirming lessons profoundly affect these young people and the future of America,'' he said. Phillip Deutsch of La Canada High School is one of 40 finalists competing in the nationwide Intel Science Talent Search The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) is a prestigious research-based science competition in the United States primarily for high school students. The Intel STS is administered by the Science Service, which began the competition in 1942 with Westinghouse; for many years, the , which rewards young scientists for creating original research projects and encourages them to pursue science careers. Phillip's chemistry project investigated unique methods of determining the shapes of molecules of substituted ethanes, which are colorless and odorless o·dor·less adj. Having no odor. o  dor·less·ly adv.o gases. Winners will be announced in March. English Professor Robert Chianese and Counseling Professor Janet Fish of California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to lecture and study overseas. Chianese went to Bulgaria to lecture in American studies at the University of Plovdiv. Fish will leave for Montevideo, Uruguay, to share research she has done on the cutting-edge preschool practices of a small town in Italy with educators at Catholic University in Montevideo. David Castillo of Arleta has won a $3,000-a-year scholarship from the American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 160,000 members at all degree-levels and in , which encourages minority students to pursue undergraduate degrees in chemical science or chemical technology. He is one of only five California students selected for the honor. Castillo, a senior at California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , hopes to attend medical school. Twenty-one California State University, Northridge, professors and four departments received a total of $50,000 from the university's Center for Community Service Learning to fund service-learning programs. Incentive grants for $3,000 went to the departments of Child and Adolescent Development, Educational Psychology, Health Sciences and Marketing. Grants of $5,000 went to: Annette Besnilian, family and consumer sciences; Vicky Jaque and Stephen Loy, kinesiology; Gretta Madjzoob, health sciences; and Janette Risk, North Valley/Porter Ranch YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. . Faculty Curriculum Development grants for $1,000 went to: Edith Chen, Asian-American studies; Irene Clark, English; Herman Debose, sociology; Paula DiMarco, art; Aki Hirota, Japanese; Clifton Justice, English; Virginia Kennedy, special education; Patricia O'Donnell-Brummett, sociology; Bridget Sampson, communication studies; Shane Stecyk, kinesiology; and Veda Ward, leisure studies. Gang Prevention Initiative grants for $1,750 went to: Robert Gustafson, cinema and television arts; James Hill, journalism; Lesley Krane art; Robert Lingad, computer science; and Robert Orona-Cordova, Chicano studies. |
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