Danielle Allison Alvarez of Huntington Beach...

Danielle Allison Alvarez of Huntington Beach graduated magna cum

laude from Chapman University with a major in communications. Alvarez

was vice president of her sorority, Gamma Phi Beta. A 1999 graduate

from Marina High School, she was also student body president and head

varsity cheerleader of her high school ... Marie Allissa Melrose of

Huntington Beach graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor’s

... Michelle L. Butman of Huntington Beach graduated from Boston

University with a bachelor’s in independent concentration, magna cum

laude with distinction ... Diane Dereszynski of Huntington Beach, a

member of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, has received

six recognition awards, including the Canine Medicine Club Service

Award, the Ivan and Sylvia Tamsky Endowment Fund Scholarship and the

Student Chapter American Veterinary Medical Assn. Service Scholarship

... Jennifer Lally-Pettit of Huntington Beach, a member of the UC

Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, has received the Poppy Memorial

Scholarship and the Theodora Peigh Summer Externship Scholarship ...

Christina Woosley of Huntington Beach, a member of the UC Davis

School of Veterinary Medicine, has received the George and Helen

Bailey Memorial Summer Externship Scholarship, the International

Veterinary Student Assn. Award and the Merck-Merial Scholars in

Animal Health Award ... Huntington Beach residents Laurie Lynn Vigen,

Leslie Ann Reed, Lindsay Marie Ratowski, Karen Lyn Hulen, Michael Lee

Hammonds, Christian Alan Green, Kate Allison Grabel, Megan Kathleen

Garibaldi, Kristy Jennifer Burnett, Rhett Clayton Buckley, Kate

Elizabeth Andruss and Nicholas James Abbott have been named to the UC

Santa Barbara dean’s honors list ... Tien-Trang J. Nguyen of

Huntington Beach has been named to the dean’s list at Boston

University ... Jamie Franz of Huntington Beach has been inducted into

Phi Beta Kappa at UC San Diego ... Air Force Airman First Class Jason

A. Woolard and Air Force Airman Stephen C. Lowe of Huntington Beach

have graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force

Base, San Antonio, Texas.

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