REGION
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
East Oregonian
A3
New scholarship recognizes high-achieving transfer students
EOU recognized
by Phi Theta
Kappa for offering
a PTK fi nancial
aid award
STATEWIDE PTK
CHAPTERS
East Oregonian
LA
GRANDE
—
High-achieving
transfer
students have a new home
at Eastern Oregon Uni-
versity, thanks to a unique
scholarship program aimed
at supporting their contin-
ued success.
The Phi Theta Kappa
Honor Society boasts 19
chapters and more than
2,000 student members at
community colleges across
Oregon, but EOU is the
only public university in
the state recognized by Phi
Theta Kappa for offering a
PTK fi nancial aid award.
“Currently, EOU offers
a Transfer Scholarship
that’s based on both merit
and fi nancial need, but the
Phi Theta Kappa Award is
specifi cally designed for
high-achieving students as
a way to honor their hard
work,” said Cody Singer,
an online and transfer stu-
EOU photo by Vicky Hart
Full-time transfer students to Eastern Oregon University can apply for a $1,000 Phi Theta Kap-
pa Honor Society Award through EOU’s Financial Aid Offi ce, and combine the funds with other
EOU scholarships. The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society boasts 19 chapters and more than 2,000
student members at community colleges across Oregon, but EOU is the only public university
in the state recognized by Phi Theta Kappa for off ering a PTK fi nancial aid award.
dent advisor at EOU.
Full-time
transfer
students can apply for
the $1,000 PTK Award
through EOU’s Financial
Aid Offi ce, and combine
the funds with other EOU
scholarships,
including
the Transfer Scholarship
up to $2,500.
PTK advisers invite stu-
dents to join their chapter
if they have a high GPA
and have earned at least
12 credits. Singer began
exploring a partnership
with regional PTK groups
earlier this year, and soon
LOCAL BRIEFING
Pendleton woman
dies in crash
PENDLETON — The
Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Offi ce confi rmed a 21-year-
old Pendleton woman died in a
crash near Pendleton.
The sheriff’s offi ce at
about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday
responded to Mill Road near
Hoeft Road near Pendleton
for a single car rollover. Ini-
tial reports provided confus-
ing information about the
location, but deputies arrived
and found a Chevrolet Malibu
rolled over and the driver and
only occupant of the vehicle
was dead.
The sheriff’s offi ce did not
release the name of the vic-
tim but stated the case remains
under investigation to deter-
mine the cause and other fac-
tors in the crash.
The sheriff’s offi ce also
reported it would release more
information as it becomes
available.
Union resident
begins Peace
Corps service
WASHINGTON – Union
resident Margaret Sheehy
has been accepted into the
Peace Corps and will depart
for Benin on June 10 to begin
training as a health volunteer.
“The Peace Corps pro-
motes a lot of values that I
hold, including service, inter-
cultural awareness, opportu-
nity to travel and live in a dif-
ferent country, and of course,
peace,” Sheehy said. “Peace
Corps will serve as a bridge
between my college education
and my career post-college,
and I feel lucky to have an
opportunity to do something
meaningful that will help me
develop practical skills and
professional attributes.”
Sheehy is a graduate of
Union High School and the
University of Portland, where
she earned a bachelor of arts
in social work, psychology
and Spanish in May. Prior to
joining the Peace Corps, she
held a variety of residence
hall positions while in college,
including as a service and
justice coordinator who pro-
vided students with service
opportunities at local orga-
nizations. During her senior
year, she worked as an intern
at the Marie Smith Center,
a day center for older adults
with functional or cognitive
impairments.
During the fi rst three
months of her service, Sheehy
will live with a host fam-
ily in Benin to become fully
immersed in the country’s
language and culture. After
acquiring the necessary skills
to assist her community,
Sheehy will be sworn into ser-
vice and assigned to a com-
munity in Benin, where she
will live and work for two
years with the local people.
Sheehy joins the 184 Ore-
gon residents currently serv-
ing in the Peace Corps and
more than 6,547 Oregon res-
idents who have served in the
Peace Corps since 1961.
Comments open
on vegetation
project
PENDLETON — The
Walla Walla Ranger Dis-
trict of the Umatilla National
Forest is seeking review and
comment on the draft envi-
ronmental assessment for the
proposed Upper Touchet Veg-
etation Management Project.
The 4,450-acre project is
located 20 miles south of Day-
ton, Washington, and is antic-
ipated to increase forest health
and vigor, decrease wildfi re
risk, and protect values at risk
through vegetative thinning
and prescribed burning.
The Forest Service has
evaluated four alternatives
in the draft environmen-
tal assessment in response
to public comment that was
received during scoping. For-
est staff now are interested in
hearing feedback on specifi c
issues that the public feels
still need to be addressed. The
comment period is an oppor-
tunity for the public to be
involved in the process and
offer thoughts on alternative
ways the Forest Service can
accomplish the project pur-
pose and need.
The comment period for
the project is anticipated to
begin on Friday and will be
open for 30 days from the
date of publication of the legal
notice in the East Oregonian.
Comments may be sub-
mitted electronically through
w w w. f s . u s d a . g o v / p r o -
ject/?project=53438; or hand–
delivered between 8 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday; or mailed to District
Ranger, Michael Rassbach,
Walla Walla Ranger Dis-
trict, Upper Touchet Project
Comments, 1415 W Rose St.,
Walla Walla, Washington,
99362.
For additional informa-
tion, contact Johnny Collins
at 509-843-4643.
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“Chemeketa’s PTK stu-
dents are dedicated and
very interested in the
scholarship opportunities
available to them through
partner universities, and
as of right now, the major-
ity of those come from pri-
vate institutions,” said Dr.
Youngest defendant in drive-by
shooting readies for trial
MILTON-FR EEWA-
TER — The youngest
defendant facing three
counts
of
attempted
murder and more for a
drive-by shooting last
August in Milton-Freewa-
ter could go to trial.
Gabriel Ivan Arriaga
Cruz, 16, has a trial readi-
ness hearing June 7 in the
Pendleton courtroom of
Circuit Judge Jon Lieual-
len. Cruz faces 13 counts
in all. According to court
records, Cruz will appear
via video from the juvenile
jail at the Northern Ore-
gon Regional Correctional
Facility, or NORCOR,
in The Dalles. His next
appearance, then, comes
June 26 for a 12-person
jury trial.
That’s still plenty of
time for him to follow fel-
low co-defendants Char-
ley Lozano Magana, 25,
Juan Venegas Esquivel,
25, and Michael Angelo
Cantu, 28, all of Walla
Walla, who took plea
deals.
Esquivel
and
Cantu are serving more
than three years each in
prison for unlawful use
of a weapon for their roles
in the shooting, which
resulted in no injuries,
while Magana is serving
almost seven years for two
counts of unlawful use of
a weapon stemming from
the drive-by and one for
an unrelated third-degree
assault.
The fi nal defendant
in the case, Aurelio Vil-
lalobos Rodriguez, 38,
of
Milton-Freewater,
remains in the Umatilla
County Jail, Pendleton,
on charges of conspiracy
to commit murder and
unlawful use of weapon.
He has a pretrial confer-
ence June 11.
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received a wave of positive
responses.
In a survey from Singer,
more than half of Ore-
gon PTK advisors indi-
cated that their students
rate scholarships “very
important” in selecting a
transfer school.
Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College, Chemeketa
Community College,
Clackamas Community
College, Clatsop Com-
munity College, Colum-
bia Gorge Community
College, Klamath Com-
munity College, Lane
Community College,
Linn-Benton Commu-
nity College, Mt. Hood
Community College,
Oregon Coast Commu-
nity College, Portland
Community College,
Southwestern Oregon
Community College, Til-
lamook Bay Community
College, Treasure Valley
Community College and
Umpqua Community
College all have partici-
pating PTK chapters.
Alexis Butzner of Cheme-
keta Community Col-
lege. “To have a dedicated
scholarship that applies to
a public institution in Ore-
gon would be incredibly
exciting and would greatly
boost interest in East-
ern’s programs for transfer
students.”
Advisers from Port-
land Community College,
Umpqua Community Col-
lege and Clackamas Com-
munity College echoed her
sentiments, noting the lack
of scholarships available
from Oregon public univer-
sities for this elite group of
transfer students.
“It’s a great opportunity
for us to provide afford-
able, effi cient ways for
these students to complete
their degrees, with the per-
sonal support and small
classes EOU is known
for,” Singer said. “Attract-
ing high-achieving stu-
dents aligns with our insti-
tutional goals to increase
enrollment, retention and
completion while serving
the region.”
EOU will begin offer-
ing the PTK Award during
its summer term, which
begins June 24, and in fall
term, which starts Sept. 25.
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