Graduates
Cal Poly recognized about 950 candidates for diplomas during fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 13. Approximately 872 students were candidates for bachelor’s degrees, 66 were eligible for master’s degrees, and 10 were eligible for teaching credentials. Danielle Jaliene Boulger and Aubrie Elizabeth Merz, both of Morgan Hill, and Malia Lani Spencer of San Martin were among the students. Malia majored in Journalism, Danielle in Speech Communication and Aubrie in Psychology.
Sarah E. Burns, a resident of Morgan Hill, graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. Burns was joined by more than 500 graduates at the winter commencement exercises.
Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive Christian, evangelical university. The main campus is 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley.
Steven Richardson, vice president for academic affairs at Winona State University, is pleased to announce that Sandra Wood of Morgan Hill, has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work for the summer term 2003.
Dean’s list
Ali A. Khan, son of Farhat Khan of Morgan Hill, has been placed on the dean’s list for academic achievement for the spring 2003 semester at Washington University, in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, in St. Louis, Mo. Khan is a graduate of Solon High School in Solon, Ohio.
The dean’s list is composed of students who, for the preceding semester, have achieved a 3.6 or higher grade-point average based on a minimum of 12 units of courses taken for grades (not pass/fail).
Washington University, a medium-sized and independent university, is counted among the world’s leaders in teaching and research.
Christmas festival
Rebecca Blessing of Morgan Hill performed with the Manitou Singers during this year’s St. Olaf Christmas Festival which occurred Dec. 4-7 in Skoglund Center Auditorium on the campus of St. Olaf College. Blessing is a member of the soprano I section.
The theme for the 2003 St. Olaf Christmas Festival is “Awaken Our Souls, O God of Hope.” As the St. Olaf Orchestra sounds its first notes and the five choirs sing songs that offer messages of hope, joy and peace, those involved in the creation of the Christmas Festival hope this special evening will inspire and uplift.
For the past 92 years, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival has signaled the beginning of the Advent-Christmas-Epiphnay season. The festival began as a “Christmas Program” given by the St. Olaf Choral Union for a campus audience on Dec. 17, 1912, in Hoyme Memorial Chapel. Today the annual Christmas Festival is heard, literally, around the world.
St. Olaf College is a residential college in Northfield, Minn., and affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
