Women’s club gives merit awards
The Lexington Oaks Women’s Club presented a $500 merit award to each of three deserving students who reside in Lexington Oaks. From left, Margaret Wilhelm, treasurer; recipients Madison Riggle and Bethany Berry; and, Cindy Cox, president. Natalie Klopfenstein, the third merit winner was not present.
Zephyrhills High reunion
The 47th annual Zephyrhills High School Alumni, Teachers & Friends Reunion will take place June 25 at the Zephyrhills Lions Club, 5827 Dean Dairy Road.
Registration starts at 11 a.m., followed by a covered-dish luncheon at 1 p.m. There also will be announcements and recognitions at 2 p.m.
The reunion is for anyone who attended, taught or worked at any of the Zephyrhills schools from elementary through high school, and their families.
Dress is casual. Bring a dish to share. Admission is free.
For information, contact Clereen Morrill Brunty at (813) 782-8763 after 6 p.m., or .
Pasco schools job fair
Pasco County Schools is partnering with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office to host a job fair June 29 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at River Ridge High School, 11646 Town Center Road in New Port Richey.
Representatives from government agencies are looking for applicants for various positions, including bus drivers, clerical, information services, accounting, law enforcement, instructional and maintenance. Other positions also may be available.
To register, visit PascoCommunityJobFair.eventbrite.com.
For information, contact Lori Perreault at (813) 794-2845 or .
College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced more than 3,200 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.
These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
An additional group of scholars will be announced in July.
Nathaniel W. Edgar (Land O’ Lakes), home-school
Probable career field: computer science
National Merit University of Florida Scholarship
Maxwell W. Keenan (Land O’ Lakes), Land O’ Lakes High School
Probable career field: computer science
National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship
Elle D. Hazlett (Lutz), home-school
Probable career field: medicine
National Merit Calvin College Scholarship
Bailey M. Zinckgraf (Lutz), Steinbrenner High School
Probable career field: industrial engineering
National Merit University of Florida Scholarship
Riley L. Troyer (Odessa), Carrollwood Day School
Probable career field: engineering
National Merit Purdue University Scholarship
Michael Gendreau (Wesley Chapel), Land O’ Lakes High School
Probable career field: aerospace engineering
National Merit University of Central Florida Scholarship
Navya Jampani (Wesley Chapel), Land O’ Lakes High School
Probable career field: medicine
National Merit University of South Florida Scholarship
Lauren E. Payne (Wesley Chapel), Wiregrass Ranch High School
Probable career field: medicine
National Merit University of Florida Scholarship
Local students graduate
These local students have graduated from their respective schools:
- Cami Ash (Lutz), Harding University, Arkansas
- Gleb Barkovskiy (Lutz), Bucknell University, Pennsylvania
- Samantha Nicole Cuffe (Odessa), Clemson University, South Carolina
- Nicholas Eicholtz (Odessa), University of Alabama
- Stephanie Leeanne Erickson (Odessa), Clemson University
- Ashleigh Fults (Lutz), Georgia Tech, Georgia
- Karen Kegel (Lutz), Georgia Tech
- Michael Muhammad (Lutz), Troy University, Alabama
- Amanda Victoria Owens (Lutz), Greensboro College, North Carolina
- Michelle Price (Lutz), Troy University
- Tyler Scarboro (Lutz), Samford University, Alabama
- Caleb Turner (Odessa), University of North Georgia
- Chadd Williamson (Land O’ Lakes), Heidelberg University, Ohio
Saint Leo names new department vice president
Dr. William J. Lennox Jr., president of Saint Leo University, has appointed Christian Schindler as vice president of marketing and enrollment.
Schindler has served in a variety of leadership roles in marketing and enrollment, including vice president of strategic recruitment and global marketing at Laureate Education, vice president of marketing and enrollment at Straighterline, and senior director of international global marketing at LeapFrog Enterprises.
Schindler is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, where he also received a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
