Schafer graduates from John Carroll
Kelsey Nicole Schafer, of Macedonia, graduated magna cum laude from John Carroll University with a bachelor of science degree in physics, the Monville Award and Scholarship in physics and the Xavier-Nichols Scholarship in physics.
Schafer was a four-year varsity cheerleader and a founder of the JCU Dance Ensemble. She plans to continue her education at Ohio State University, where she has been awarded a fellowship to pursue her doctoral degree in biophysics.
Villanueva tapped as multicultural leader
Sagamore Hills resident Justin Villanueva recently participated in a multicultural leadership program at Miami University. Villanueva is a student at Walsh Jesuit High School.
The residential program offers academic, leadership and career choice activities as well as extracurricular activities including team building exercises and a talent showcase. Students are selected on the basis of leadership experience, contribution to diversity, academic merit and teacher/guidance counselor recommendations.
Students who complete the program and are accepted for admission to Miami receive a $5,000 renewable merit scholarship.
Smith excels in industrial design
Dustin Jonathan Smith of Macedonia, graduated from The College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Smith graduated with a degree of bachelor of fine arts, majoring in industrial design.
Smith was a named to the Dean's List and was one of 15 students who received the Industrial Design Faculty Select Award. This honor recognizes exemplary students as industrial designers. Smith is a 2004 graduate of Nordonia High School and the son of Kevin and Karen Smith.
Novak assisting
faculty at Denison
Denison University junior Amy Novak, daughter of Stephen Novak of Macedonia and Barbara Novak of Walton Hills, has been selected as a Woodyard Fellow to collaborate with faculty on research over the summer. A total of 117 students will intern on campus with faculty-led programs that include the sciences, humanities, social sciences and arts.
Novak, a 2006 graduate of Laurel School, is working with Professor David Woodyard of the religion department on a project titled "Addiction and Recovery: The Role of God in Alcoholism."
The Woodyard Fellowship program was established to forge a link between research and actual experience, focusing on themes within the general area of religion and core responsibilities.
The recipients of the fellowship submit proposals to work for 10 weeks individually on a project or to work in teams with faculty advisers.
The program concludes with each student writing a comprehensive research paper and giving a public presentation.