The Foreign Service Journal, September 2017

AFSA NEWS 13. Alice Naland — daughter of John Naland (State-retired) and Barbara Reioux, graduated from Washingon-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia. She plans to attend UCLA and received a Care First Blue Cross Blue Shield Academic Merit Award. 14. Jane O’Connor — daughter of Matthew O’Connor (State) and Dawn Park, graduated from Urbana High School, Ijamsville, Maryland. She plans to attend Hillsdale College. Academic Merit Honorable Mention Winners Claudia Amadeo-Luyt —daugh- ter of Stefanie Amadeo (State), graduated from United Nations International School, New York, New York, and will attend Barnard College, Columbia University. She received an AFSAAcademic Honorable Mention Award, the AFSA Best Essay Award and the Linda K. Fitzgerald Memorial Community Service Award. Jane Christensen —daughter of Darin (State) and Elizabeth Christensen, is graduating from George Mason High School, Falls Church, Virginia, and will attend BrighamYoung University. Art Winner 15. Grace Thompson — daugh- ter of Dean (State) and Jane Thompson, graduated from American International School of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. She plans to attend Miami Uni- versity and received the Louis C. and Valeria Hebert Memorial Art Merit Award (CreativeWriting). 9 10 11 13 14 12 15 16 Art Honorable Mention Winners Jarrah May — son of Kent (State) and Melanie May, gradu- ated from Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, Cali- fornia. He is attending Temple University – Tyler School of Art. Art Commended Winners Lillian Bills — daughter of Thomas (State) and Rebecca Bills, is graduating from Inter- nationa l Community School of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She plans to attend BrighamYoung University. Ian Boly — son of Richard (State-Retired) andWendy Plummer Boly, graduated from Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland. He plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts. Jules Levy — son of James Levy (State) and Bonita Shuen, graduated from George Mason High School, Falls Church, Virginia. He is attending George Mason University. Katrina Sliter — daughter of Dr. Karen (APHIS) and David Sliter, graduated from International School of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. She is attending Ben- nington College. Community Service Winner 16. Claudia Amadeo-Luyt – see her biography above and visit www.afsa.org/scholar for information about her commu- nity service. n THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2017 89