–Vianette Mendoza Orozco of Paso Robles has been invited to be a member in the national honor society, Alpha Alpha Alpha, or Tri-Alpha. The purpose of this organization is to recognize academic excellence and provide opportunities for personal growth, leadership development and campus and community service for first-generation college students.
Tri-Alpha, was founded March 24, 2018, at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Over 100 members of the Alpha Chapter were initiated that day, including undergraduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, and honorary members. Following the successful induction, the college took steps to incorporate Alpha Alpha Alpha so that chapters could be started on other campuses across the country. Tri-Alpha exists as a not-for-profit (501(c)3) organization, for the purposes of supporting the activities of the honors society.
January 9, 2004 was a very sad day for us here at WETA. It was the day that we lost Elizabeth Campbell, our founder and a pillar in the Washington, D.C. area community. The WETA that we know is the result of Mrs. Campbell s vision.
Mrs. Campbell was born on December 4, 1902, in Clemmons, North Carolina, the daughter of John Kenneth Pfohl, a minister of the Moravian Church. She graduated from Salem Academy and Salem College, and received her master’s degree in Education from Columbia’s Teacher’s College in New York.
An educator for most of her adult lifetime, Mrs. Campbell taught literature at Salem Academy, served as the dean of the Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and at the Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia, where she met her husband, attorney Edmund Campbell. The two married in 1936, and moved to Arlington. In 1947, she ran for Arlington’s new school board, and became the first woman elected to a school board in the history of Virginia. She also suppo
Prince William graduates 29 new police officers
The Prince William County Criminal Justice Academy Basic Law Enforcement 47th Session graduated on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in a modified ceremony due to the pandemic at the Police Association Hall in Manassas. This class was composed of 29 Prince William County Police officers.
The 29 men and women completed a 24-week course of training in all aspects of police work, including classes in firearms, use-of-force decision making, driver training, legal training, patrol techniques, criminal investigation, and crash investigation.
The starting pay for Prince William police officers is about $53,000 per year.
Shadrack K. Arko is a graduate of Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, Va. He is fluent in Twi.