Rotary Club scholarships announced...

The six winners of the 2009 Rotary Club of Southington scholarships have been announced. Steve Vasil will be attending Bris­tol Tech for instruction in heating and cooling, installa­tion and repair. Allison Fre­ga will attend St. Joseph Col­lege in West Hartford. Kelsey Schrey will attend Unity Col­lege and will major in sus­tainable agriculture. Rabia Hamid will attend the Uni­versity of Connecticut and major in biology and chem­istry with hopes of becoming a physician. Michele Richardson will attend Sales University in Pennsylvania. Ula Salus will attend Loyola University of Chicago and double major in political sci­ence and Spanish. The Southington Citizen

Congratulations to our 2007 scholarship winners....

High School Seniors:

Joshua Debner, Southington High School

Jordan Emerick, Southington High School

Craig Folick, Southington High School

Veronica Hallaway, Southington High School (vocational)

Andrew Wells, Cheshire Academy

William S. Thomson Continuing Schoalship

Aaron Laviana, University of Notre Dame

Thomson Scholar announced by Rotary (Record-Journal)

Senior Aaron Laviana, of Notre Dame Univer­sity, has been selected the 2006 Southington Ro­tary William S. Thomson Scholar and will be honored at the annual William S. Thomson Golf Scramble Dinner Aqua Turf Club on Wednes­day, July 12. The Thomson scholarships are for post-secondary (graduate or undergraduate) students who as seniors, were recipients of Southington Rotary Club scholarships.
 
Aaron Alan Laviana, a 2003 Southington High School graduate, will receive a $3,000 scholar­ship. Aaron is a senior at the University of Notre Dame double majoring in biology and econom­ics with a 3.77 grade point average. He plans to attend medical school with the aspiration of be­coming a doctor specializing in oncology. Aaron has interned at the UConn Health Center con­ducting colon cancer research as part of their graduate school fellowship program. He has had previous research experience at Yale University conducting skin cancer research.

“Part of the reason being a doctor appeals to me also deals with the field’s dualistic nature of combining intellectualism and humanism. Studying genomes to explain the fundamental principles of cancer is one thing: being able to apply this and deal with the delicate side of helping an individual is quite another. In a sense, being a doctor is exploring the artistic side of science, and my experiences of working in clinics have only reinforced this point.  Through interacting with numerous cancer pa­tients, some grasping for their last breaths of air and others indistinguishable from your average healthy teenager, I have learned the need to care for all aspects of a patient’s health. By attending medical school I hope to further learn how to meet the concerns of the patients and treat them according to their individual needs.”

Southington Rotary announces 2005 Thomson scholars

Aaron Laviana, a junior at Notre Dame University, and Marta Mieczkowska, a 2005 graduate of Boston University, have been selected to receive the 2005 Southington Rotary William S. Thomson Scholarships and will be honored at the annual William S. Thomson Golf Scramble Dinner at the Aqua Turf Club on Wednesday, July 13. The Thomson scholarships, funded by the William S. Thomson Golf Scramble, are for post-secondary (graduate or undergraduate) students who, as high school seniors, were recipients of Southington Rotary Club scholarships. Complete article...