Alexandra Hunt
NORTHFIELD, Minnesota — Alexandra Hunt was named to the St. Olaf College dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester. She is majoring in biology.
Hunt is a homeschool graduate, the daughter of Jonathan and Jennifer Hunt of Morgantown.
The dean’s list recognizes students with a semester grade-point average of 3.75 or higher.
WGU dean’s list
The following local residents recently received bachelor’s degrees from the online, nonprofit Western Governors University: Kimberly Richhart of Morgantown, business management; Carolyn Jackson of Nineveh, special education; Jessica Spurgeon of Trafalgar, special education; and Kristine Bridges of Trafalgar, nursing.
Alan Birkemeier
Brown County native Alan Birkemeier, a teacher at Central Middle School in Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, traveled to Germany June 1 to 16 on a fellowship with the Transatlantic Outreach Program.
Birkemeier was one of 100 social studies and STEM educators chosen for the two-week, all-expenses-paid study tour. Social studies teachers looked at the situation of refugees in Germany and explored nuances of Germany’s apprenticeship system. Highlights of TOP fellowships typically include access to German elementary and high schools, vocational schools, corporations, manufacturers, non-governmental organizations, cultural venues, policy makers, historical sites and more.
Michael Potts
INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Potts of Brown County Junior High School and 21 other Hoosier teachers studied the U.S. Constitution and constitutional law this summer courtesy of Indiana lawyers and the Indiana Bar Foundation. These are topics that students in the We the People program also study.
Discussions included how the Constitution limits government power to protect individual rights while promoting the common good; why the meaning of the Second Amendment and government regulation is controversial today; and the role of political parties in the constitutional system.
The teachers also prepared for a mock hearing after only a few days of learning. This was designed to give them an experience similar to what their We the People students experience when they testify in the civics competition.
