People in the news | Sept. 12, 2014

Clint Vorauer, Matthew Strombom, Brooke Williams, Julia Michelle Kepple and graduates of Washington State University

Clint Vorauer, of Bellevue, a member of the Whitman College class of 2015, was awarded the prestigious Killam Fellowship, an award by the Canadian Fulbright Commission to study abroad in Canada. The Killam Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for exceptional undergraduate students in the United States to spend either one semester or a full academic year as an exchange student in Canada. Vorauer will study chemistry at the University of British Columbia this fall.

Matthew Strombom, 21 of Issaquah, recently completed a semester-long wilderness expedition traveling in India with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). A NOLS education stresses leadership can be learned and is based on the belief that the outdoors is a challenging environment where students will learn technical skills and about themselves.

Brooke Williams of Clyde Hill, a freshman at Brown University, is a members of the school’s gymnastics team that posted the fifth best grade point average in the country. She is a 2013 graduate of Bellevue High School. The team’s grade point average was 3.6306.

Julia Michelle Kepple of Bellevue has received a bachelor of science in education, general studies from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Correction

An article in the Aug. 1 issue incorrectly named Bellevue-area students as graduates of Washington State University. The students were named to the honor roll for spring semester 2014. They are:

Bellevue: Natasha Lee Agostinacci; Christina Kathryn Andresen; Leslie Stephanie Astudillo; Janett Unyoung Auh; Sandra Arlene Ayala; Mack Jameson Barry; Christopher Robert Batt; Reilly  Berggren; Jessica  Bieber; Joseph  Botkins; Danielle Molly Brill; Helen Yvonne Capron; Lauren Marie Carrosino; Bret Carlton Cloos; Catherine Jean Courney; Calan Terese DeWald; Monika  Duong; JT  Farmer; Kayla Marie Fisher; Carolyn Marie Fordyce; Katherine Ann Graham; Micah Immanuel Gregorio; Brooke Taylor Groesbeck; Haley Theresa Grossblatt; Courtney Elizabeth Hastings; Griffin Edward Healey; Kaitlin Rose Hudson; Ellis Hamilton Hughes; John Louie Yap Jamora; Jason David Johnson; Joshua Andrew Johnson; Mackenzie Anne Johnson; Anastasia M Kibby; Frances Claire Manley; Ciara Grace McAlinden; Todd Kulpa Mehrkens; Thomas Lee Mirante; Gina Marie Mori; Marta Jane Mueller; Thuy-Vy Vu Nguyen; Ella Lee Odland; Katherine Joy O’Neill; Jensine  Paoletti; Jessica Dallas Parker; Aria Simone Petrucci; Giuliana Emma Plut; Tiberius Costin Puravet; Seiji  Reckinger; Carl Ryan Sangalang; Kurt Matthew Schroeder; Daniel  Shirran; Brittany Lauren Smith; Alec Burks Sobotka; Regina  Sologub; Xiaoqing  Teng; Katherine Estelle Vinatieri; Katherine Patrice Walter; Madison Sue Warnock; Alexander Waiyip Yu.

Clyde Hill: Austin Howard Cornia; Julie Diane Treves.

Medina: Dennis Boyd Fredrickson; Marielle Jeanne Maxwell; Katherine Elizabeth Nelson; Hannah Lousie Sidel.