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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, September 14, 1995                   TAG: 9509140026
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-10   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SCHOOL

JACK PADEN-TRAVERS, and ERICA SMITH, both of Roanoke were among 24 teachers selected to participate in the Virginia Historical Society Teachers' Institute, in Richmond.

Paden-Travers of Community School and Smith of Cave Spring High School studied topics in Virginia history for re-certification and graduate credit, attended lectures and participated in scholar-led discussion groups.

CARLA TOMS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Toms of Roanoke, received a 1995-96 Stuart T. Saunders Scholarship at Roanoke College. The scholarship honors the late Saunders, a Roanoke College graduate and former Norfolk and Western Railway president. Preference is given to students who are sons and daughters of Norfolk Southern employees.

ROLANDA MOORE of Roanoke has been invited to attend the U.S./Spain Joint Conference on Education in Barcelona, Spain in December. The conference is a joint effort by the University of Barcelona and the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People to bring together U.S. educators and their Spanish counterparts to share ideas about learning and teaching.

WENDY L. CONNER, daughter of Andrew R. Conner and Claudia Jenkins, has been named a United States National Collegiate award winner in nursing by the United States Achievement Academy.

The criteria for selection include academic performance, leadership qualities, responsibility, motivation to learn and improve, attitude and cooperative spirit and a recommendation from a professor or director.

DABNEY ELIZABETH EDWARDS, daughter of John and Cathye Edwards of Roanoke, recently participated in the Presidential Classroom's 1995 Senior High School Program in Washington, D.C.

Edwards and students from 42 states and various foreign countries spent a week with government leaders and transition officials learning about the democratic process.

Edwards also has been named a United States National Award winner by the United States Achievement Academy. 


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