Posted on TimesFreePress.com by Susan Pierce, January 16th, 2015
Baylor receives Lead2Feed Award
Baylor School has been named a recipient of the Lead2Feed Leadership Award and received $5,000 to obtain technology products for its classrooms.
Lead2Feed is a service-learning program that engages students in solving local hunger issues while building leadership and teamwork skills. It is a Common Core-aligned program developed by the USA Today Charitable Foundation, with support from Lift a Life Foundation and Yum! Brands Foundation.
Led by teacher Emmie Treadwell, Baylor students hosted a fall festival that raised $850 for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank. Additionally, students at the middle school collected over 600 pounds of canned goods instead of candy while trick-or-treating for Halloween.
Their project will move on to final judging in April, when it will be eligible to win up to $25,000 for their charitable partner and $20,000 for the school.
Students build outdoor classroom for day-care center
Chattanooga State Community College’s student chapter of Associated General Contractors has completed a semester-long project to build an outdoor classroom for the Child Development Center on campus. The space includes three child-size potting tables, an outdoor storage shelving unit and a picnic table built around an existing tree.
AGC faculty advisers for the project included Caitlin Moffitt, assistant professor of civil and construction engineering technology, and Dan Wood, assistant professor of design and drafting engineering technology.
Bradley Chamber donates to schools
After purchasing a live Christmas tree from the nonprofit People for Care and Learning, members of the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce decided to decorate the tree with mittens, gloves, hats and scarves, which were then donated to local schoolchildren in need of winter clothing.
“This was our second Christmas tree purchase to support the efforts of PCL, which raises funds to make a difference in the lives of children globally and locally,” says Nancy Neal, Chamber vice president for communications.
She says Chamber staff delivered a box of warm accessories to George R. Stuart, Blythe-Bower and Taylor elementary schools.
Seven named Austin Peay Presidential Scholars
Austin Peay State University has awarded seven of its Presidential Scholarships to area high-achieving freshmen.
They are Megan Kusenda, John Lawrence, Sarah Counts and Carley Olejniczak, all of Chattanooga; Samuel Nelson and Shelby Allison, both of South Pittsburg, Tenn.; and Robert VanHook of Georgetown, Tenn.
UTC earns national Carnegie classification
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has received the national designation of 2015 Community Engagement University by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UTC is one of 361 campuses nationwide to hold the distinction.
“Strong partnerships between UTC and our community are critical to our success,” said UTC Chancellor Steven Angle. “These relationships open doors to experiential learning opportunities such as internships and clinical placements that provide our students with the opportunity to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world problems.”
Among UTC community engagement projects cited in the application were research by the Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment with alternative fueled vehicles, the Center for Community Career Education’s efforts at college awareness for elementary school students, the College of Business’ Veterans Entrepreneurship Program and a variety of cultural activities offered by the campus.
Members of the UTC application committee were chairwoman Deborah Arfken, Karen Adsit, Dee Dee Anderson, Chuck Cantrell, Bengt Carlson, Sandy Cole, Terry Denniston, Tyler Forrest, Richard Gruetzemacher, Chris Horne, Linda Johnston, Meredith Perry and Debora Montgomery, administrative support.
Satterfield earns basic training award
Jordan L. Satterfield earned the Commanding General’s Award, the highest award given at graduation from Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., out of a field of 205 participants. He also received the Trailblazer Award, presented to soldiers who excel in every aspect of training.
Satterfield is the son of Donette and Phil Satterfield, and grandson of Anita Bugher, all of Chattanooga.
Satterfield is a 2013 graduate of Boyd Buchanan School. He is a sophomore at Lipscomb University, majoring in mechanical engineering and serving in the Army Reserves. He is on scholarship with Vanderbilt University’s ROTC program.
Zehnder receives professional honor
Larry Zehnder, senior parks and recreation planner at Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon Inc., has been elected to the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration.
Zehnder was inducted at the Academy’s annual meeting during the National Recreation and Park Association Congress in Charlotte, N.C.
A certified park and recreation professional, Zehnder has over 40 years of experience, including management roles for cities of Chattanooga, Norfolk, Va., and Charleston, S.C. He served 15 years as Parks and Recreation administrator for Chattanooga.
In 2000, he was appointed Southeast Region executive director for the National Recreation and Park Association. Zehnder is past president of Tennessee’s and Virginia’s recreation and park associations along with founding chairman of the Tennessee Leadership Development Institute.
The academy is a group of practitioners and educators, limited to 125 active members, who have distinguished themselves in the field of park and recreation. They must have served at least 15 years in a high level of administration or as a recognized educator in park and recreation administration, or they must manage a park and recreation department for an agency with a population of more than 500,000.
Abernathy named Arabian Horse Association Youth of the Year
Jacklyn Abernathy of Franklin, Tenn., was recently named National Youth of the Year by the Arabian Horse Association in Aurora, Colo. The award was announced at AHA’s annual convention in Denver, accompanied with a $1,000 scholarship from the Arabian Horse Youth Association.
She is the daughter of Chattanooga natives John and Jeanne Abernathy, and granddaughter of Jack and Sandra Brooks and Ronni Abernathy, all of Chattanooga.
Serving as Region 12 youth director since January 2014, Abernathy established a solid foundation for communication and fundraising for youth within her AHA region, according to an AHA news release. She founded youth Facebook and Instagram pages and began writing monthly youth updates in a regional newsletter. Her efforts to reach more of Region 12’s youth resulted in the election of a full executive board and nine youth members signing up for a judging team. At the national level, Abernathy is the convention committee chairman.
At Battle Ground Academy, she was named a National Merit Semifinalist and is president of the National Honor Society and the Digamma Honor Society
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Good For You: Baylor receives Lead2Feed Award
Baylor receives Lead2Feed Award
Baylor School has been named a recipient of the Lead2Feed Leadership Award and received $5,000 to obtain technology products for its classrooms.
Lead2Feed is a service-learning program that engages students in solving local hunger issues while building leadership and teamwork skills. It is a Common Core-aligned program developed by the USA Today Charitable Foundation, with support from Lift a Life Foundation and Yum! Brands Foundation.
Led by teacher Emmie Treadwell, Baylor students hosted a fall festival that raised $850 for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank. Additionally, students at the middle school collected over 600 pounds of canned goods instead of candy while trick-or-treating for Halloween.
Their project will move on to final judging in April, when it will be eligible to win up to $25,000 for their charitable partner and $20,000 for the school.
Students build outdoor classroom for day-care center
Chattanooga State Community College’s student chapter of Associated General Contractors has completed a semester-long project to build an outdoor classroom for the Child Development Center on campus. The space includes three child-size potting tables, an outdoor storage shelving unit and a picnic table built around an existing tree.
AGC faculty advisers for the project included Caitlin Moffitt, assistant professor of civil and construction engineering technology, and Dan Wood, assistant professor of design and drafting engineering technology.
Bradley Chamber donates to schools
After purchasing a live Christmas tree from the nonprofit People for Care and Learning, members of the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce decided to decorate the tree with mittens, gloves, hats and scarves, which were then donated to local schoolchildren in need of winter clothing.
“This was our second Christmas tree purchase to support the efforts of PCL, which raises funds to make a difference in the lives of children globally and locally,” says Nancy Neal, Chamber vice president for communications.
She says Chamber staff delivered a box of warm accessories to George R. Stuart, Blythe-Bower and Taylor elementary schools.
Seven named Austin Peay Presidential Scholars
Austin Peay State University has awarded seven of its Presidential Scholarships to area high-achieving freshmen.
They are Megan Kusenda, John Lawrence, Sarah Counts and Carley Olejniczak, all of Chattanooga; Samuel Nelson and Shelby Allison, both of South Pittsburg, Tenn.; and Robert VanHook of Georgetown, Tenn.
UTC earns national Carnegie classification
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has received the national designation of 2015 Community Engagement University by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UTC is one of 361 campuses nationwide to hold the distinction.
“Strong partnerships between UTC and our community are critical to our success,” said UTC Chancellor Steven Angle. “These relationships open doors to experiential learning opportunities such as internships and clinical placements that provide our students with the opportunity to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world problems.”
Among UTC community engagement projects cited in the application were research by the Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment with alternative fueled vehicles, the Center for Community Career Education’s efforts at college awareness for elementary school students, the College of Business’ Veterans Entrepreneurship Program and a variety of cultural activities offered by the campus.
Members of the UTC application committee were chairwoman Deborah Arfken, Karen Adsit, Dee Dee Anderson, Chuck Cantrell, Bengt Carlson, Sandy Cole, Terry Denniston, Tyler Forrest, Richard Gruetzemacher, Chris Horne, Linda Johnston, Meredith Perry and Debora Montgomery, administrative support.
Satterfield earns basic training award
Jordan L. Satterfield earned the Commanding General’s Award, the highest award given at graduation from Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., out of a field of 205 participants. He also received the Trailblazer Award, presented to soldiers who excel in every aspect of training.
Satterfield is the son of Donette and Phil Satterfield, and grandson of Anita Bugher, all of Chattanooga.
Satterfield is a 2013 graduate of Boyd Buchanan School. He is a sophomore at Lipscomb University, majoring in mechanical engineering and serving in the Army Reserves. He is on scholarship with Vanderbilt University’s ROTC program.
Zehnder receives professional honor
Larry Zehnder, senior parks and recreation planner at Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon Inc., has been elected to the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration.
Zehnder was inducted at the Academy’s annual meeting during the National Recreation and Park Association Congress in Charlotte, N.C.
A certified park and recreation professional, Zehnder has over 40 years of experience, including management roles for cities of Chattanooga, Norfolk, Va., and Charleston, S.C. He served 15 years as Parks and Recreation administrator for Chattanooga.
In 2000, he was appointed Southeast Region executive director for the National Recreation and Park Association. Zehnder is past president of Tennessee’s and Virginia’s recreation and park associations along with founding chairman of the Tennessee Leadership Development Institute.
The academy is a group of practitioners and educators, limited to 125 active members, who have distinguished themselves in the field of park and recreation. They must have served at least 15 years in a high level of administration or as a recognized educator in park and recreation administration, or they must manage a park and recreation department for an agency with a population of more than 500,000.
Abernathy named Arabian Horse Association Youth of the Year
Jacklyn Abernathy of Franklin, Tenn., was recently named National Youth of the Year by the Arabian Horse Association in Aurora, Colo. The award was announced at AHA’s annual convention in Denver, accompanied with a $1,000 scholarship from the Arabian Horse Youth Association.
She is the daughter of Chattanooga natives John and Jeanne Abernathy, and granddaughter of Jack and Sandra Brooks and Ronni Abernathy, all of Chattanooga.
Serving as Region 12 youth director since January 2014, Abernathy established a solid foundation for communication and fundraising for youth within her AHA region, according to an AHA news release. She founded youth Facebook and Instagram pages and began writing monthly youth updates in a regional newsletter. Her efforts to reach more of Region 12’s youth resulted in the election of a full executive board and nine youth members signing up for a judging team. At the national level, Abernathy is the convention committee chairman.
At Battle Ground Academy, she was named a National Merit Semifinalist and is president of the National Honor Society and the Digamma Honor Society