‘Stand Down’ event provides help to veterans

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By Hunter Hine Staff Writer

(May 4, 2023) The Ocean Pines Community Center held the weekend’s final Stand Down event to serve at-risk veterans on Sunday, after organizers held one in Cambridge on

At Stand Down events, Veteran Affairs staff and local organizations serve veterans in need, providing them with food, clothes and medical check-ups, while also connecting them with housing and employment opportunities, substance abuse treatment and mental health support among other services, according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Af-

“It’s open to any veteran, active duty service member, their families, and what we do is try to provide local resources for our veterans for many things from homelessness, to behavioral health services, to job placement, you name it,” said Dina Karpf, eastern regional resource coordinator, who helped organize the event. “We had a little bit of everything.”

Gregory Bisset, a veteran himself who does healthcare outreach for homeless veterans at the VA, also helped organize the event.

Bisset said the event was open to all veterans, but emphasizes a focus on homeless veterans, vets who had other than honorable discharge and may not qualify for all VA services, and veterans who simply haven’t taken advantage of the resources

Carson Scholar

Worcester Preparatory School junior Vanesska Hall was named a 2023 Carson Scholar.

The Carson Scholars Program recognizes students who demonstrate the highest standards of academic achievement, integrity, civic and social responsibility. Hall will receive a $1,000 scholarship award that will be invested for her college education.

She was selected as a Worcester Prep nominee based on her superb academic record and pledge to volunteer. Currently, Hall serves as a leader in the WPS Volunteer Club and a cadet with the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company.

In 2022, she traveled abroad to complete a service project on the Ukrainian border, in addition to many other service commitments throughout her upper school career.

The Carson Scholars Fund, Inc. was founded in 1994 by now retired, world-renowned Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson, M.D. and his wife, Candy.

The program has grown to award more than 500 scholarships annually.

More than 3,500 Carson Scholars have been recognized for their academic and humanitarian achievements in multiple years. Scholarship winners have received more than $8.28 million to help finance their education.

Dean’s List

Jillian Griggs has been named to Adelphi University’s fall semester Dean’s List.

Griggs of Berlin, was among a select group of outstanding students recognized by the New York school’s deans of Arts and Sciences, Education and Health Science, Business, Nursing and Public Health, Social Work and Psychology for superior academic performance.

The list comprises full-time students-registered for 12 or more credits-who have completed at least nine graded credits who achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above for the semester.

Dickinson College has announced the following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester.

Drew Haueisen, a junior quantitative economics and mathematics major, is a graduate of Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin, and is the son of Craig and Amy Haueisen of Snow Hill.

Jo van Kuilenburg, a senior history and women’s, gender & sexuality studies major, is a graduate of Gover- nor Thomas Johnson High School, and is the son of Marinus van Kuilenburg of Berlin, and Nicola van Kuilenburg of Frederick.

All students earning a position on the dean’s list for the Pennsylvania school must have a grade-point average of 3.7 or above on a 4.0 GPA scale for the semester.

Accepted

Worcester Preparatory School junior Dylan McGovern has been accepted into the American Legion Maryland Boys State 2023 program.

McGovern will be sponsored by the Wicomico Legion Post #64 to attend the week-long program in June.

American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for high school students. It is a participatory program where each participant becomes a part of the operation of his local, county and state government.

Activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law enforcement presentations, assemblies and art and recreational programs.

Inducted

Shenandoah University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that 139 student-athletes are the inaugural inductees into its Pi chapter of the Chi Alpha Sigma national collegiate athlete honor society.

Julianna Fohner, of Ocean City, is among those inducted into the honor society.

Chi Alpha Sigma was started in 1996 as a way to recognize the academic achievements of student-athletes around the country.

It is open to all student-athletes who have earned at least a 3.4 GPA and have junior academic standing

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