Erika Renee Ragland of Columbia was named Towson State University's Outstanding Woman of the Year at its homecoming festivities. Ms. Ragland, a mass communications major, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

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Michelle Wong, a student at St. Paul's School for Girls, has been named a Distinguished Scholar Semifinalist for academic excellence and superior creative talent in dance achievement by the Maryland Higher Education Commission of the State Scholarship Administration.

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Seton Keough students Cindy Katafiasz, Karen McKenny, Amy Anderson, Whitney May and Diana Rosenberg were recently awarded Certificates of Excellence in a forensics tournament.

The Maryland Society of Radiologic Technologists honored six Essex Community college radiography students for their technical exhibits at a recent annual meeting: Pamela McCormack of Dundalk, Rhonda Roof of Kingsville, first place; ,, Suzanne Aaron of Perry Hall and Susan Mislak of South Baltimore, second place; Kim Fitch of Overlea and Eric Himmel ** of Chester, third place.

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Lien Tran of Baltimore has been awarded a Computer Sciences Corp. Minority Scholarship to Towson State University.

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Nayla Afeiche of Timonium, an international relations major at Goucher College, will spend the spring semester in Paris, studying under the auspices of Columbia University.

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