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EDUCATION
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Burril wins Breaking Barriers Educator of Year
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County Education Service District Special Ed
Director/Specialist Wendy Burril was recently named
the Breaking Barriers Educator of the Year.
Burril received the award, which recognizes people
making a difference for people with disabilities in Ore-
gon, at the Breaking Barriers Conference April 26 in
Redmond.
Grant County ESD Superintendent Robert Walten-
burg said, thanks to Burril, the ESD will also be hiring a
half-time youth transition specialist.
“Wendy was instrumental in bringing this position to
the four outlying districts,” he said. “She has a heart for
these students, and it really shows in all she does for
them.”
Burril was nominated for the award for helping a stu-
dent in Long Creek build job skills in an area with lim-
ited opportunities to work at a restaurant.
Despite the 80-mile round-trip commute, Bur-
ril set the student up to travel to the John Day
Senior Center with a job coach to volunteer for skill
development.
Later, she approached a John Day restaurant and set up
the opportunity for the student to work as a dishwasher four
days per week.
When the restaurant advertised for a dishwasher
position, they encouraged the student to apply for the
job.
Burril continued seeking additional opportunities for
the student to develop employment and communication
skills.
Contributed photo
Grant County Education Service District Special Education
Director/Specialist Wendy Burril, center, receives the Breaking
Barriers Educator of the Year award at the Breaking Barriers
Conference in Redmond April 26. At left is Donna Lowry, transition
network/pre-ETS support specialist, and at right is Heather
Lindsey, secondary transition liaison/offi ce of student services.
Grant
Andrea Comer
receives art scholarship County
EOU graduates celebrate
commencement June 15
Blue Mountain Eagle
Futures
Scholarship
recipients
announced
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eastern Oregon University graduates
will celebrate their achievements during two
commencement ceremonies on Saturday,
June 15, in La Grande.
Graduates from the College of Business,
the College of Science, Technology, Mathe-
matics and Health Sciences, those graduat-
ing with a Master of Business Administra-
tion and those from EOU’s partner program
with Oregon State University will walk
across the stage starting at 10 a.m. on June
15.
Later that afternoon, at 2 p.m., the gym
will fi ll with graduates from the College of
Education, the College of Arts, Humanities
and Social Sciences, those completing a
nursing degree from Oregon Health and Sci-
ence University and those receiving a Mas-
ter of Science in Education or Master of Arts
in Teaching.
Distinguished EOU alumnus and
Oscar-nominated fi lmmaker Skye Fitzger-
ald will deliver the keynote speech at both
ceremonies, addressing about 200 gradu-
ates at each. After graduating with a degree
in theater and a minor in creative writing in
1993, Fitzgerald earned an MFA and started
Spin Film in Portland.
Additional student achievements will be
highlighted at several special events leading
Contributed photo/Eastern Oregon University
Eastern Oregon University 2018 graduates
celebrate their commencement. The 2019
commencement takes place during two
ceremonies June 15 in La Grande.
up to commencement. Online and onsite stu-
dents who’ve completed their degrees at one
of EOU’s 11 regional centers or online will
celebrate their achievements from 5-7 p.m.
June 14 on the third fl oor of Hoke Union
Building in room 339.
All 438 commencement participants will
convene June 15 for their respective cer-
emonies in Quinn Coliseum. Tickets are
required for the main seating area in the
gym, but overfl ow areas do not require tick-
ets. Free parking is available all day in cam-
pus lots, excluding reserved spaces.
Additional ceremony information is
available at eou.edu/commencement or by
contacting the Registrar’s Offi ce at com-
mencement@eou.edu or 541-962-3607.
Grant Union High
School senior Andrea
Comer was awarded a
$1,000 scholarship from
the Grant County Art
Association.
The association offers
the scholarship to a student
who plans to pursue art or
an art-related course.
Association Secretary
Eloise Boren said Comer
submitted three original
pieces that showed artis-
tic ability and creativity.
Comer is enrolled to attend
Blue Mountain Community
College in Pendleton and
plans to pursue a degree in
art or graphic design.
“We’re so proud to give
this scholarship to a student
who shows so much artistic
promise,” said association
President Mary Snyder.
The Grant County Art
Association, a nonprofi t
organization, was formed
in 1969 and encourages art
Blue Mountain Eagle
Contributed photo
Grant Union senior Andrea
Comer was awarded a
$1,000 scholarship from
the Grant County Art
Association.
in the community by offer-
ing workshops, awards
at the Grant County Fair
and scholarships. Asso-
ciation members meet on
the second Wednesday of
each month from 9 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. to paint and
support artist endeavors.
For more information,
contact Boren at 541-987-
2138 or email her at elo-
ise@erprintingandgraph-
ics.com.
The
Grant
County
Futures Scholarship has
named two winners.
Erin Cantrell and Teri
Hamilton have been selected
as the recipients of the 2019-
2020 Grant County Futures
Scholarship,
which
is
awarded by the local Grant
County College Advisory
Board from an endowment
of the EOU Foundation.
The scholarships will be
used for tuition and books
for classes taken through
Eastern Oregon University
or Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College’s online pro-
grams through the Grant
County Center.
Cantrell is a Blue Moun-
tain Community College
student working on prereq-
uisites for acceptance into
the BMCC nursing pro-
gram in Pendleton. Hamil-
ton is also attending BMCC,
working on her Associate
of Applied Science in early
childhood education.
The Grant County Col-
lege
Advisory
Board
awards the Futures Schol-
arship each year, and it is
available for local students
seeking degrees through
the Grant County Center,
located in the Grant County
ESD, 835 S. Canyon Blvd.,
John Day.
For more information
about the scholarship, and
EOU and BMCC programs,
contact Ashley Armichardy
at 541 575-1550.
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