School Briefs

Students make college honor roll

Mill Creek residents Syrina Remillard and William Shaw both made Eastern Washington University’s spring dean’s honor list for 2005. To be eligible, students must carry at least 12 credits and receive a 3.5 or better grade-point average.

EvCC hires new vice president

Everett Community College has hired a new vice president of instruction from a technical college in Minnesota. In doing so, it filled a position that created a stir a year ago when Stu Barger was reassigned.

The new vice president, Hamid Eydgahi, has worked in higher education for 16 years, as well as in the private sector. For the last four years, he was vice president of academic affairs at Pine Technical College near Minneapolis.

“Dr. Eydgahi is known as an open-door, professional, thoughtful leader,” EvCC President Charlie Earl said Tuesday.

Eydgahi has a doctorate in business administration from Aston University, United Kingdom. He begins his new job Aug. 15.

Barger will move into his new position as senior assistant to Earl. He continued to serve as vice president of instruction during the search.

Send an essay to become a ZooKid

Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle invites children ages 6-10 to submit a short essay for an opportunity to audition to be a ZooKid.

Eight to 10 children will be chosen to serve as ambassadors for the zoo’s new Zoomazium, an all-season nature play space for kids, set to open next spring.

For more information, visit zoo.org on the Internet and click on “Be a ZooKid.”

Info for school board candidates

The Washington State School Directors’ Association is offering brochures and workshops for school board candidates about the duties and responsibilities of serving as an elected school director and to inform the general public about the important role of school boards. This November, there is one position in the Everett School District that will appear on the ballot.

A workshop will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15 at the Everett School District offices, 3715 Oaks Ave. in Everett. There is also a workshop from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18 in the Horizon Room at the Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave. NE. in Shoreline.

State recognizes top graduates

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson announced July 14 the names of the 152 Washington graduating seniors selected as winners of the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship. Approximately 16 of the top graduates from each of Washington’s nine congressional districts will receive a scholarship worth $1,500 per year for four years of study at college.

This federally-funded scholarship is named for U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a long-time senator from West Virginia. Byrd created the scholarship as a way to recognize and award exceptionally able students who have demonstrated academic excellence in high school and show great promise of continued academic success in college and beyond.

Local recipients include: Thu Cung, Jackson High School; Bridgette Hannifin, Jackson; Channing Jones, Edmonds-Woodway High School; Sergey Krayev, Edmonds-Woodway; Robert Manhas, Jackson; Pooja Patel, Jackson; Philip Rodenbough, Shorewood High School; Maria Walters, Jackson; Chen Xie, Edmonds-Woodway; and Sam Zipper, Edmonds-Woodway.