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Valley woman graduates

Santa Ynez Valley resident Kathryn Joy Young received a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Oklahoma Baptist University’s 2009 spring commencement on Saturday, May 23. She was one of 254 graduates recognized in the ceremony.

Located in Shawnee, Okla., OBU offers 10 bachelor’s degrees with 83 fields of study. The Christian liberal arts university has an overall enrollment of 1,753, with students from 39 states and 20 countries. OBU has been rated as one of the top 10 com-prehensive colleges in the West by U.S. News and World Report for 17 consecutive years .

Student attending Shakespeare seminar

Cecilia McKinnon of Solvang, who attends Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, is one of 65 students selected from 104 applicants from across the United States to attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2009 Summer Seminar for High School Juniors from Aug. 3 to 15.

The Summer Seminar, started in 1981, is a rigorous two-week program designed for a select group of theater students who have recently completed their junior year in high school. Students stay on the campus at Southern Oregon University, where OSF’s theatre professionals present workshops and forums on a variety of topics.

Students will gain insight into the workings of a successful repertory theatre company, and will attend forums and workshops on such topics as theatre administration, stage management, costume construction, scenic painting, properties, sound and theatrical lighting, as well as Renaissance dance, stage combat, marketing and publicity, fundraising, auditioning techniques, and movement and voice for the stage. In addition, the students will attend nine of OSF’s productions and work together on projects.

July 3, 2009