Student News

STUDENT NEWS

 


 

Local students awarded scholarships from
the Ohio State University:

Two high school seniors, one from each county,
will be receiving $650 scholarships from
the Ohio State University to attend OSU.

Recipients of the scholarships are
Rob Pond of Wayne Trace and Ethan Enyart of Van Wert.

CONGRATULATIONS Rob & Ethan!

 


 

Local students who have been
awarded 2008 grants from our club:
From Paulding County: From Van Wert County:
Clinton Bakle
Mario Bernal
Brian Brady
Ryan Butcher
Thomas Ferrell
Laura Gerber
Heather Gottke
Scott Kipfer
Alison McClure
Preston Stoller
Danielle Stoller
Josiah Stoller
Connie Wehrkamp
Eric Wetli
Marilyn Wilhelm
Valerie Wilhelm		 Matthew Bolenbaugh
Caitlin Bollenbacher
Catie Broecker
Alisha Campbell
Andrea Dickson
Joshua Early
Jamison Elston
Renee Elston
Charles Goings
Ty Habegger
Craig Hirschy
Elizabeth Klinger
Emily Krizan
Nathan Laudick
Shea McConahay
Mark Mefferd		 Monica Menser
Melanie Menser
Cody Michaud
Courtney Michaud
Cory Michaud
Cassity Miller
Megan Miller
Ryan Myers
Josh Plumley
Mallory Pond
Megan Rupert
Bridget Schaad
Stephen Straman
Bethany Taylor
Alysia Vaske

CONGRATULATIONS AND GO BUCKS!

 


 

Local Students in TBDBITL

When Zach Profit, son of Terry and Vicki Profit of rural Van Wert, marched into Ohio Stadium on September 8, 2007 as a member of the famous Ohio State University Marching Band, it was the first time he had ever marched at a football game.

For the rest of the story:

Story & Photos courtesy of vwindependent.com

Paulding County also has a member of the OSU Marching Band. Her name is Rachel Gangwer.

The Van Wert & Paulding Chapter of the Ohio State University Alumni Club wishes both band members the very best!

 


 

Van Wert's Joel Penton & Eric Hurless share many common bonds!


OSU Defensive Tackle Joel Penton, left, and OSU Marching Band Member Eric Hurless, right, get together for a picture after one of the Buckeyes' games this past season in Ohio Stadium.

Both men are graduates of Van Wert High School and both graduated Sunday from the Ohio State University.

(VanWertVoice.com Photo
by ARLENE HURLESS)

 Penton, Hurless receive OSU Degrees

12.12.2006
Dan Stemen, Van Wert Voice
Reprinted with permission

COLUMBUS -- Two Van Wert natives and Van Wert High School Graduates, Joel Penton and Eric Hurless, each received their college degrees Sunday in graduation ceremonies in historic St. John's Arena, on the campus of The Ohio State University.

Penton, who plays defensive tackle for the #1 Buckeyes and has one more game to play in his collegiate football career (The National Championship Game against Florida in January, 2007), graduated Sunday with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Hurless, who is a member of and leader in The Ohio State University Marching Band, graduated Sunday with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree, in The Max M. Fisher College of Business.

Besides graduating Sunday, there are many things in both Joel Penton's and Eric Hurless' life that are identical. Here are a few of them: Both of Penton's and Hurless' fathers work at Van Wert's Central Insurance Agency; both of their mothers are high school teachers; both are the youngest in their respective families; Joel's oldest sister Emily, and Eric's older brother Jamie, both graduated in 1992; both Penton and Hurless were raised in Van Wert's First United Methodist Church; Joel's wife and Eric's fiancée are both in the medical field; and finally, both Penton and Hurless graduated from VWHS in 2002, and also OSU in December, 2006.

The Commencement Services Sunday in OSU's historic St. John's Arena, was the 375th Graduation Commencement held, since the opening of The Ohio State University in 1878. Also since 1878, The Ohio State University has awarded an amazing 510,620 degrees. OSU awarded 2,096 degrees this past quarter, and in the last decade, a total of 105,920 degrees were awarded by OSU.

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