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Cedar Park grad wins Rhodes scholarship
A Cedar Park High School graduate learned Saturday that he will join the ranks of President Clinton, Gen. Wesley Clark and astronomer Edwin Hubble by heading to Oxford University in Britain as a Rhodes scholar. Timothy F. Simmons, who attends the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., was chosen as one of America's 32 Rhodes scholars. Simmons, 21, was one of two selected from the Texas-Louisiana region. .
Grant
Several e-mails and phone calls over the past month have been made to Larry Grant about the subject of his college choice, and he expected them.
Thats what happens when the school you play football for, Ohio State, meets Florida, the school you made a previous commitment to, for the BCS national title. So as it turns out, either college choice the Norcross grad made, he was going to be playing for a national championship on Jan. 8.
Its exciting; its where everybody would like to be, said Grant, a junior linebacker for the Buckeyes. Im real excited and its a little surprising because I never thought Id be in this situation, playing for a national title in football. Im blessed to live this dream.
Grant plans to enjoy the grand stage, and he enters with a little more motivation than some of his teammates.
CU-Boulder Awarded $80,000 Grant To Enhance Nontraditional Student ...
The University of Colorado at Boulder will expand a need-based scholarship program designed to attract and retain non-traditional students through an $80,000 Daniels Opportunity Scholarship grant from the Daniels Fund beginning in 2007.
"We are deeply honored to be awarded our second Daniels Opportunity Scholarship," said CU-Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson. "This grant will increase access to students who historically have struggled to overcome financial barriers to a college education. As a result, we will be able to double the number of worthy students who can realize their academic goals at CU-Boulder," Peterson said.
Recruitment efforts will target adult learners, GED recipients, foster care youth and returning military personnel. A committee will select the scholarship recipients who will participate in academic neighborhood programs and student clubs and organizations, besides regularly meeting with key program faculty.
Purnell appointed FIA technical consultant
Tony Purnell, the former team principal of the Jaguar Racing and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, has been appointed as a Technical Consultant to the FIA. You can get Grand Prix results by sending an SMS with the message F1 to 34911. This is a SuperSMS service and costs just R2 per SMS. Click on the link to find out what else is available. Purnell's main role will be to assist the FIA in developing Formula One technologies that will be road-relevant and which will help to improve the racing on the track. Working closely with FIA Technical Consultant Peter Wright and Head of the FIA Formula One Technical Department Charlie Whiting, Purnell will liaise with manufacturers, oil companies and key universities to identify the latest trends in vehicle technology developments.
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.
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