Valdez, Cox among Chesapeake Scholars at SWOSU



Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation recently announced an additional $50,000 donation to Southwestern Oklahoma State University to assist in the funding of student scholarships. The funds will be distributed over five years and bring the total scholarship commitment from Chesapeake to $75,000.

Ten $1,000 scholarships were presented to SWOSU juniors and seniors majoring in business, mathematics and engineering physics at a ceremony on the Weatherford campus.

Cammi Valdez, of Enid, and Tabitha Cox, Kingfisher, are among the Chesapeake Scholars at SWOSU for the 2007-08 school year.

In addition to the 10 scholarships, Martha Burger, senior vice president, corporate and human resources said the corporation will present an additional five $1,000 scholarships to incoming freshmen at SWOSU.

“The energy industry has historically provided leadership and economic development in our state. At Chesapeake Energy we believe that our industry’s next leaders are attending our colleges and universities today,” Burger said. “We are pleased to be able to provide support for top students to help us continue our history of growth and industry-leading performance.”





Longfellow students’ work accepted for anthology

 

Sixteen students from Nancy Koehn’s eighth-grade English class will soon be published authors.

 The Longfellow Junior High School students’ work was accepted into an anthology entitled “Celebrating What is Important to Me.” The essays of 250 words or less will be published by September 2007. The national essay contest was sponsored by Creative Communication, Inc.

 The students selected, along with titles of their essays, include: Bryan Abbot, Wrestling and Football; Ashley Brown, What Causes a Student to Fail?; Cristhian Delarosa, School Uniforms; Sarah Ellis, School Uniforms; Frank Gonzalez, What I Did This Summer; Shaunie Hammond, School Uniforms; Mikesha Johnson, Bullying Hurts; Fili Lopez, Favorite Sports; Angelica Lopez, A Lesson Learned; Andrea Maldonado, Sports; Maria Martinez, Cultural Diversity at Longfellow; Chris Oldham, Sports I Like; Noe Reyes, Points or Pins?; Toni Riggan, Favorite Sports; Dakota Shellito, Golf vs Basketball; Darlena Steele, Sports Comparison; Shane Pendleton, The Discovery of a Lifetime.