Virginia homeschool grad named to All-USA Community College Academic First Team

Community college all-stars: Busy, brainy students branch out, 7 April 2008, USAToday

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More than 1,500 students from 849 community colleges in 50 states and beyond were nominated for the award. The selection process is administered by Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for two-year colleges that encourages academic excellence and promotes community service. Membership in the society is not a requirement for eligibility, but nearly all of the First Team awardees are members.

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Jacob Neal, 20, says a two-year school appealed to him in part because, having been home-schooled, he had concerns about a “full-on structured university experience.” His two years of study at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, he says, has served him well as a “steppingstone” to a four-year school.

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[Neal's] research, conducted with a partner on water from parts of the nearby James River, was submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency, which has been monitoring the area for pollution from heavy metals. It prompted a local commissioner to request that he test new road salt for lead levels. To ensure a student voice in discussions of campus renovations, he and a group of peers founded a student government association.

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