Hampden-Sydney College News

Fuqua School held its commencement exercises on May 25 on the lawn of the upper school.

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It takes a lot of krill to keep a blue whale satisfied. These 150-metric-ton cetaceans get their fill by swallowing huge quantities of prey and water in a lightning-quick maneuver as they swim.

Prince Edward County High School held commencement exercises Saturday morning. The 2012 class Salutatorian is Calla Bowles and the Valedictorian is Katrina Lowe.

Logan Alexander Spraker wasA among the 212 men who graduated on Sunday, May 13, at commencement exercises marking the end of the 237th academic year at Hampden-Sydney College.A Spraker graduated with a Bachelor of ScienceA in mathematical economics.

In separate interviews at the Fifth Congressional District Republican Convention on May 19, three members of the Virginia House of Delegates offered virtually identical explanations for their votes to reject openly-gay prosecutor Tracy Thorne-Begland's nomination to be a General District Court judge.

N.C. School of Science and Mathematics student Alexis A. Hibbler of Rocky Mount was awarded a $2,500 National Achievement Scholarship.

A On Sunday, May 13, 2012, Marlowe Job Vilchez graduated from Hampden-Sydney College.

SYDNEY, Va. -- Kirk Rohle chose not to wear the neck-to-toes covering for his burned skin during his graduation ceremony.

Kirk Rohle is greeted by commencement speaker and CBS Sports broadcaster Verne Lundquist and Ben Rogers is greeted by Dr.

G. Michael Pace, Jr., managing partner of Roanoke-based law firm Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLC.

Courtesy Photo: The Ferrum College Class of 2012 contains 196 students. The 96th annual commencement had to be moved inside to the Swartz Gymnasium because of the rainy forecast.

The average salary of college faculty nationwide is roughly $20,000 more than an average faculty salary at West Texas A&M University faculty, according to a report on professor pay.

Michael and Tina Luckey of Stafford County are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Marie, to Michael Daugherty, son of Donald and Nancy Daugherty, also of Stafford.

James Edward Harris Jr., author of Flight of a White Dinosaur, will hold a book signing on the campus of Hampden-Sydney College on Saturday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to noon.

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