Seattle Sun Newspaper - Vol. 8, Issue 5, May 2004
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Seattle Sun education briefs
Ingraham students earn honors
Fifteen Ingraham High School students earned gold and silver honors at the recent Family Career and Community Leaders of American (FCCLA) Star Regional Competition.
The students won honors based on their proficiency and achievement in chapter and individual projects, leadership skills and occupational preparation. They will advance to the FCCLA state competition.
The Ingraham winners (with award and category) were: Chequita Williams and Jennifer Argueta (gold award, chapter showcase); Vanna Gable and Amanda Dews (gold award, focus on children); Julianna Sackyfio, Jamelia Walker, and Emme Ribiero (gold award, focus on children); Joseph Jesse (gold award, job interview); Renee Washington (silver award, illustrated talk), Sean Mobley (gold award, applied technology); and Claudia Rincon, Kelly Rincon, Xiao Wang, Karla Dobson, and Courtney Burns (gold award, parliamentary procedures).
UW professor honored
Dr. Gordon Orians, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Washington, was recently honored by the National Wildlife Federation.
Orians received the group's National Conservation Achievement Award at a March 13 banquet in St. Louis. He was honored for more than 40 years of both scientific research and scientific advocacy on behalf of the environment.
He has served on many local, national and international committees on the environment, and is especially noted for his work on global climate change and loss of species. An expert witness before Congressional committees on the importance of the Endangered Species Act, Orians also chaired a National Research Council committee studying the impact of energy development on Alaska's North Slope. His own scientific research has focused on American blackbirds, a species noted for the diversity of their social systems.