UC Santa Barbara selected seven local...

UC Santa Barbara selected seven local residents for its Dean’s

Honors List for the spring quarter. Costa Mesa residents Sean Rorden

(communications) and Courtney Jones (law and society), and Newport

Beach residents Robert Coldren (English), Nicholas Ferrall (film

studies), Joel Furman (law and society), Justin Mathena (computer

science) and Joseph Weiland (pre-biology) each posted at least a 3.75

grade point average in the College of Letters and Science ... Cal

State Fullerton student Cathleen Hallock of Costa Mesa was one of 25

students in the California State University system to receive a

2004-2005 Edison International Teachers for Tomorrow scholarship. The

$5,000 awards are designed to help students seeking teaching

credentials. Students were required to have a minimum 3.0 GPA and

demonstrate financial need ... Miles Ellis Yourman, a Dartmouth

College student from Newport Beach, has been cited by the school for

outstanding achievement in Native American Studies 35 during the

spring term. According to Dartmouth officials, such citations are

rare and are typically given to only a few undergraduates per term

... Samantha Rose Grumman, daughter of Barry and Jan Grumman of

Newport Beach, graduated with honors from Vassar College in

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She also received the Man-Sheng Chen Scholarly

Award for excellence in Chinese studies ... U.S. Bancorp has selected

Whitney Loufek of Costa Mesa to receive a $1,000 scholarship as part

of the U.S. Bancorp Educational Awards Program. Loufek, who will

study at UC Irvine next year, was selected based on academic

performance, participation in school and community activities and

leadership potential, a U.S. Bancorp spokesman said.

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