Sept. 22: Academic Accolades

The Herald Bulletin

September 22, 2007 06:40 pm

— Wright receives doctoral degree
Jeffrey Maurice Wright, son of Maurice and Elizabeth Wright of Anderson, graduated from Indiana University School of Dentistry on May 13, with a doctor of dental surgery degree.
Wright was a 1999 graduate of Frankton Jr./Sr. High School. He attended Indiana University in Bloomington for his undergraduate studies. He was affiliated with Sigma Pi Fraternity and rode on the Sigma Pi Little 500 Bike Team for three years.
Dr. Wright has joined the family dental practice of Bailey and Wright on the east side of Indianapolis. He and his wife, Andrea, reside in Fishers.

Fanning involved in leadership forum
Sandra Fanning, a student at South Side Middle School, participated in the People to People World Leadership Forum held last week in Washington, D.C. She joined a select group of students to earn high school credit while studying leadership and exploring some of the U.S.’s most prominent monuments and institutions.
Forum delegates participated in small-group discussions and exercises to experience first-hand how successful leaders develop strategies, make decisions, build consensus, and foster change.
Fanning was nominated and accepted for the honor based on outstanding scholastic merit, civic involvement and leadership potential. She is the daughter of Chelsie Fanning of Anderson.

Huntsinger gets scholarship
Amy Huntsinger of Frankton has received the Chi Omega Scholarship at Indiana State University. Huntsinger is a graduate of Frankton Jr./Sr. High School. She is a junior public relations major and marketing/journalism minor at Indiana State.
Huntsinger was named Outstanding First Year Senator in the Student Government Association at ISU. She is also a student on the dean’s list for academics. Her activities include Chi Omega, College Republicans,
LCPA, intramural sports, Alpha Lambda Delta, the National Society for Collegiate Scholars and the Vigo County College Relay for Life.

Eppert named to dean’s list
Braden V. Eppert, son of Walt and Kelly Wolfe of Anderson and Todd and Lori Eppert of Indianapolis, was named to the Ball State University Teachers College 2006-07 dean’s list.
Brady is in his senior year at Ball State studying elementary education and special education. He has worked with mentally challenged children and while in high school, at Highland High School, was a peer tutor where he worked with mentally challenged teens for four years.
His love for wrestling has allowed him the opportunity to be a wrestling coach at Highland High School for the past three years, where he currently coaches his brother, Camden Eppert, a junior and 2006 IHSAA 103-pound wrestling state champ.
After graduation he wants to pursue a career in counseling.