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Mazel Tov & Congratulations
NC State University Names 2006 East Meek Grad Halli Sigal as a
Shelton/Caldwell Fellowship Scholar
Halli Sigal, East Mecklenburg
Class of 2006, has been named as
a Shelton/Caldwell Fellowship
Scholar by NC State University.
The Caldwell Fellowship is grant
ed to 25 freshmen at NC State and
is the only university-wide merit
scholarship available to students
currently attending NC State. To
be eligible for the Caldwell, appli
cants must have a GPA of 3.25 or
greater, complete a written appli
cation, and sit for interviews with
alumnae and faculty. One of the
Caldwell recipients is chosen to be
a Shelton/Caldwell Fellowship
Scholar, and this year’s recipient
is Halli Sigal. As the
Sheiton/Caldwell Fellowship
Scholar, Halli receives a renew
able award valued at $5000 for her
Halli Sigal
sophomore, junior and senior
years. She can seek additional
funding to support enrichment
opportunities if they maximize
program offerings and provide
stewardship.
As part of the Caldwell Fellows
Program, students will have sig
nificant personal growth experi
ences (i.e., study abroad or the
Fellows Wilderness Experience),
service opportunities, a career
internship, a leadership and ethics
course, a retreat and other activi
ties designed by and with students
and program alumni. Shelton
Leadership Scholars receive auto
matic membership in the Caldwell
Fellows Program, an intensive
leadership development scholar
ship program that stresses the
importance of leadership and per
sonal growth and provides a range
of enhancement opportunities.
Halli graduated from East
Mecklenburg in the International
Baccalaureate Program, earning
Mann Travels Wins American Express
Travel Representative Excellence Award
Mann Travels announced today
that it was named winner of this
year’s prestigious American
Express Travel Representative
Excellence Award. Mann Travels
is one of only 27 members of the
American ■ Express U.S.
Representative Travel Network to
receive the award, which recog
nizes strong performance in sales
and customer service.
Gary and Maxine Silverstein,
owners of Mann Travels, will be
honored and join the other win
ners on a seven-day trip to Egypt,
tailored specifically for the
Representative Excellence Award
winners.
“The Representative Excellence
Award recognizes our top-per
forming Representative agencies,”
said Ellen Bettridge, VP of the
U.S. Representative Travel
Network. “Mann Travels has rep
resented the American Express
brand well and delivered extraor
dinary results in 2006.”
Gary Silverstein said of the
award, “It is a mark of distinction
that we have been recognized by
American Express for the last six
years as one of the top American
Express agencies in the country.
We are proud to have employees
that work to keep the company at
such a high level of distinction.”
Acquired by Maxine and Gary
Silverstein over 25 years ago,
Mann Travels is the Carolinas’
largest privately-owned full-serv
ice travel agency and handles all
aspects of corporate, vacation and
group travel. With ten offices in
the Carolinas, it ranks as one of
the top 100 agencies in the nation.
The Representative Excellence
Award honors the achievements of
the Representative Travel
Network member agencies that
have reached superior sales results
driving cruise and tour supplier
goals and have secured the highest
year-over-year sales growth.
American Express Travel’s cruise
and tour suppliers are among the
most respected names in the travel
industry known for providing
excellent customer service and
travel experiences.
American Express entered the
travel agency business in 1915
and today is one of the world’s
largest travel agency networks.
American Express Company is
a diversified worldwide travel,
network and financial services
provider founded in 1850. It is a
leader in charge and credit cards,
WBT’S Jeff Katz Selected
as One of America’s Top
100 Talk Show Hosts
Talkers Magazine, the trade
paper of the talk radio industry,
has just released its annual list of
America’s Top 100 Talk Show
Hosts and Charlotte’s own Jeff
Katz is on it. Considering that
there are now more than 4,000
talk show hosts in the US, this is
quite an accomplishment. The
Jeff Katz Show is heard from 3-6
PM, Monday through Friday on
WBT-AM 1110 and WBT-FM
99.3.
her IB Diploma and completing
nearly 250 hours of service during
grades II and 12. She earned her
Girl Scout Gold Award in her sen
ior year. Halli is the daughter of
Dr. Marvin Sigal and Margie
Sigal, and the sister of Benjamin
Sigal [East Mecklenburg High .
School]. All are members of
Temple Israel.
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TOV M’OD
Ollie Polk was interviewed by
Carolina Parents’ Magazine for
their Guide to North Carolina
Colleges, in an article titled
“S.A.T. Preparation Courses -
Should You Pay?” Polk, a teacher
with 21 years of experience,
believes that certain students ben
efit from these courses. “Those
who benefit the most from it are
the ‘hungry’ ones. They absorb all
the strategies and are not afraid to
take advice and give up old
habits,” she says. “Usually, these
students are also the ‘sharper,
higher performing’ ones who
catch on quickly and are chal
lenged to beat the system and win
the game. However, another very
successful group is made up of
very conscientious [students] who
are structured and follow the
rules. Even though they might be
low-to-average English students,
they love having guidelines to fol
low to the letter and they find that
they work most of the time.”
Polk has been teaching an
S.A.T. prep course for 12 years.
“The students who benefit the
least are the. undisciplined ones
who want a ‘quick fix’ and are not
willing to put in the time. Like a
sport, practice makes perfect,”
she continues.
“I also do some college con
sulting and I work constantly with
... college counselors to keep
informed as things constantly
change. For example, the new
writing section and essay are
highly controversial with admis
sion offices right now and anyone
teaching a course must keep up
with it or they might lead parents
and students astray.”
Congratulation to Ollie for
being singled out as an expert in
her field.
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