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Class Notes
Shawn Leetch has graduated with a bachelor of science degree in the dental hygiene program at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda. He attended Monte Vista Christian High School and Monterey Peninsula College. Leetch is the son of Ken and Christine Leetch of Marina. Applications are being accepted for the fall 2007 Master's in Public Policy program at CSU-Monterey Bay. The deadline is March 1. An open house about the program will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 in the Alumni and Visitors Center, Building 97 on Third Street at CSUMB in Seaside. For information, see csumb.edu/mpp. To receive an application packet, call 582-3565 or e-mail mpp@csumb.edu. The Korean-American Grocers' Association recently held its annual awards dinner and gave out a $500 scholarship to each of the following Alisal High School students: Rosanely Avalos, Mayte Avalos-Mancer, Susana Camberos, Rocio Cardenas, Cristina Hernandez, Lorena Maldonado, Angel Ramirez and America Ruacho.
COLLEGE NOTES: Nutt gets one-year extension
Arkansas added a year to coach Houston Nutt's contract Monday and intends to give him a raise as reward for leading the Razorbacks to the SEC Championship Game. The extension keeps Nutt under contract until 2012. Athletic director Frank Broyles said he would seek a pay raise for Nutt early next year. Nutt, who is 67-43 in nine seasons at Arkansas, earns a base salary of $329,644 and has a total compensation package of $1.05 million annually -- not including $412,000 per year in tax-deferred annuities that will be paid at a later date. Jagodzinski to BC? Boston College is set to hire Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski as head coach, a school official told The Associated Press. Jagodzinski, BC's offensive coordinator and line coach in 1997-98, has been offered the job and is expected to be introduced at a news conference Wednesday, according to the official.
Granholm signs pledges of students who say they'll go to college
LANSING -- Students at Lansing Eastern High School signed pledges Tuesday co-signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm promising they'll go to college on the state's new Michigan Promise scholarship. "If you don't go to college or get technical or vocational training, then you're not only hurting yourself, but you're hurting the state, too," Granholm told more than 40 students sitting around tables in the school library. "As you consider where you're headed, consider that your own education is going to help to transform Michigan," she added. "We want you to accept ... the $4,000 that we are putting on the table in order for you to be able to go to college." About 40 seniors signed the cards, along with a few juniors and sophomores. Under the Michigan Promise, students who do well on statewide standardized tests will get $1,000 at the beginning of their freshman year and another $1,000 at the beginning of their sophomore year.
Ingrid Boyd is this year's John Pringle scholar
INGRID Boyd is this year's recipient of the Jamaica Tourist Board's (JTB) John Pringle Scholarship valued at J$1.5 million, which will cover her 18 month-long studies in business administration in tourism at the Munroe College in New York. The scholarship, which is one of three usually awarded by the JTB, comes just one week after John Pringle, Jamaica's first director of tourism, died at the age of 81 at his home in London. "I am happy to have been selected because I think it will open up a lot of doors and provide opportunities," Boyd told the Observer. Boyd, who will take up the scholarship in January, has worked in the industry for four years. She has an associate degree in tourism. "Having been in the industry before, I am aware of the scope and I think there is so much potential for the region in terms of tourism and especially for Jamaica," she said.
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