Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Includes 57 Students from Concord College

February 20, 2004

Athens, W. Va. - The 2004 edition of WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES will include the names of 57 students from Concord College who have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders.

Campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory have included the names of these students based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.

They join an elite group of students from more than 2,300 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.

Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934.

The following students, listed by hometown, were named to WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (all hometowns in West Virginia unless otherwise noted):

ATHENS-Barbara Dobbins, James Rollyson, Robert K. Sexton, Mary Ann Walls

BALLARD-Robin Goodman

BLUEFIELD-Brandy Bagar, Marcus Ervin

BURLINGTON-Sara Harris

CAMERON-Nick Gonzales

CANNELTON-Jena Jeffery

CHARLESON-J. Matthew McCormick

CRAIGSVILLE-Levi Bragg

DANVILLE-Joseph C. Wood

ELKINS-David J. Howell

FENWICK-Crystal King Bragg

FORT GAY-Amanda Preston

HILLSBORO-Cheryl Boggs

HINTON-Allison Sears

LEWISBURG-Patricia Defibaugh, Patricia Quillan

LOST CREEK-Melissa Stover

MARLINTON-Kama Weatherholt

MORGANTOWN-Amia Downes

MT. NEBO-Anna Bradshaw

NIMITZ-Erika Lilly

NORTHFOLK-Candice Riley

PETERSTOWN-Shawn McCrowsky, Angela Miller

PINEVILLE-Derrick Browning

PRINCETON-Stephen Farley, Melissa Farmer, Leah Hicks, Jennifer Persinger

PROVIDENCE-Tabitha Newman

QUINWOOD-Jarrod O’Dell

SINKS GROVE-Amber Huffman

SOPHIA-Cheryl Stovall

SPENCER-Scott Whoolery

SUMMERSVILLE-Kara Adkins, William Fraley

UNION-Matthew Dixon

WARRIORMINE-Christina Ray

WHITEOAK-Amy Bair

WINFIELD-Meghan Seibert

WYCO-Earnest Horn

ATHENS, OH-Lauren Addington

BEALLSVILLE, OH-Susan Brandon-Guthrie

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA-Alia Zaro

MADISON,VA-Lauren Taylor

PORTSMOUTH, VA-Jason Cummings

VASANT, VA- Marsha Blankenship

BULGARIA-Krasimira Shapkarova

INDIA-Alyesha Asghar, Ayan De, Richa Srivastava

JAPAN-Aisaku Nakamara

NIGERIA-Nusrah Wali

For information on attending Concord call 1-888-384-5249 or 1-304-384-5248 or e-mail admissions@concord.edu.

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Stephanie Harmon, a student in Concord College’s communication arts department wrote this press release. Her hometown is Princeton.