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2002 Highlights

17 GRADUATE WITH HONORS FROM WESTERN CUNA MANAGEMENT SCHOOL
For Second Time In Two Years, One Student Receives Highest Honors

Five students graduated with high honors – and another for the second time with highest honors – and were inducted into the Hall of Fame, and eleven additional students graduated with honors from the 43rd session of Western CUNA Management School (WCMS), held July 14-26 at Pomona College in Claremont, CA.

Trevor Tokishi of Valley Isle Community FCU,
right, was awarded “Highest Honors.”

Out of a total of 401 students attending in 2002, 144 were first-year students, 145 were second-year students, and 112 were third-year students.

Over a three-year period, students have five opportunities to earn academic honors. “Honors” and “High Honors” are awarded to the highest achievers on the examinations taken by all students at the end of each school year. Students may also earn “Honors” and “High Honors” for the analysis of each of their two projects. To be inducted into the Academic Hall of Fame, students need to have received honors in five out of five categories.

Western CUNA Management School President and Dean James Likens (left) congratulates
Scott J. Schmidt of Lockheed FCU and the recipient of the Charles M. Clark Memorial Award.

For the second time in as many years, one student, Trevor Tokishi, Valley Isle Community FCU, Kahului, Hawaii, earned high honors in all five categories, and was awarded “Highest Honors.”

Earning “High Honors” were William Barron, Cal State 9 CU, Concord, Calif.; Kris Bussard, Norton Community CU, San Bernardino, Calif.; James Mau, SELCO CU, Eugene, Ore.; RaAnn Wood, California Credit Union League, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; and Mark Young, Utah Central CU, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Washington Credit Union League President and CEO John Annaloro
receives the James D. Likens Alumni Recognition Award from
Vandenberg FCU CEO and last year’s recipient Diana Dykstra.

“Honors” students this year were Laura Aguirre, Kamuela Community FCU, Kamuela, Hawaii; Keith Conway, Central Willamette CU, Albany, Ore.; David Dilley, Colorado Central CU, Arvada, Colo.; Gail Glutting, San Diego County CU, San Diego, Calif.; Virginia Lampson, First CU, Tempe, Ariz.; Linda Mason, Orange County Teachers FCU, Santa Ana, Calif.; Jay Page, Wauna FCU, Clatskanie, Ore.; Marion Patterson, San Diego Metropolitan CU, San Diego, Calif.; Julie Rumph, The Golden 1 CU, Sacramento, Calif.; Chuck Schafer, The California CU, Glendale, Calif.; and Diane Valenzuela, 1ST City CU, Glendale, Calif.

In addition, every year the senior student who best represents high moral character, leadership, credit union dedication and academic achievement is nominated by his or her class to receive the Charles M. Clark Memorial Award. The 2002 recipient of this award was Scott J. Schmidt, Lockheed FCU, Burbank, Calif.

Montana Credit Union League President and
CEO Tracie Kenyon Karls delivered the commencement address.

John Annaloro, president and CEO of the Washington Credit Union League, was named as the 12th recipient of the James D. Likens Alumni Recognition Award, founded by the Alumni Association of Western CUNA Management School. Annaloro was recognized for his outstanding credit union career and credit union service.

Tracie Kenyon Karls, president and CEO of the Montana Credit Union League, delivered the commencement address at the July 25 graduation ceremony Bridges Hall of Music on the Pomona College campus.

Western CUNA Management School's 2002 graduating class.

Students attended from the Western states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, and Philippines. Other states represented were Texas and Virginia.

WCMS is dedicated to helping credit union professionals keep pace with the rapidly changing business environment. The curriculum at WCMS includes classes on management, economics, legal and ethical standards, money and financial institutions, communications and leadership. WCMS students take classes six hours a day, five days a week, over three two-week terms over consecutive summers. Students also have organized activities outside the classroom.

California is one of 13 states participating in Western CUNA Management School. School administration is conducted from the California Credit Union League headquarters.

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