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Shepherd Alumni Association to present Outstanding Alumnus of the Year
awards
ISSUED: 28 April 2005
MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Owens
304/876-5465
(Shepherd Alumni Association to present Outstanding Alumnus of the Year
awards)
Shepherdstown, WV--The Shepherd University Alumni
Association will present Manny P. Arvon II, Martinsburg, and Christopher P.
Wooten, Forest Hills, Maryland, with Outstanding Alumnus of the Year awards
during Shepherd University's 132nd commencement ceremony Saturday, May 21.
The award is given annually to a person who has been a member of the
Shepherd alumni body for a minimum of 15 years and who has an exemplary
record of service to Shepherd University and to the community.
Arvon is the superintendent of Berkeley County Schools, a post he has
held since 1997. In 2004 he was awarded West Virginia's Superintendent of
the Year from the West Virginia American Association of School
Administrators (WVAASA) and the Distinguished West Virginian Award from
Governor Bob Wise. This year the West Virginia Music Educators Association
honored Arvon with the 2005 Superintendent of the Year Award.
He began his career as a teacher and worked his way up the
administrative ladder in Berkeley County as an assistant principal,
assistant superintendent, and then superintendent. Under his guidance 26 of
Berkeley County's 28 schools received the West Virginia Achieves award, 12
schools received the West Virginia Schools of Excellence recognition, and
five schools claim the title of West Virginia Exemplary School. Two schools
hold blue ribbon status as well.
Arvon graduated from Shepherd in 1974 with a B.A. in education. He
earned an M.A. in education administration from West Virginia University in
1979.
The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) elected Arvon
to the first-ever National Board of Governors. He is in his fourth year
serving another national appointment as a board member for the Appalachian
Educational Laboratories (AEL) as well as serving as the West Virginia
Caucus chair. On a regional level he is the past president of the WVAASA as
well as a RESA VIII board member and a council member of James Rumsey
Technical Institute. He served on Governor Joe Manchin's Transitional Team.
Arvon is a member of Shepherd University's Board of Governors and serves as
committee chair for the Academics and Campus Affairs Committee.
Christopher P. Wooten is the vice president and controller of Eastern
Savings Bank, FSB, in Hunt Valley, Maryland. He graduated from Shepherd in
1987 with a B.S. in accounting and a minor in computer programming and
information systems. He is a certified public accountant and is a member of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
After graduation, Wooten became a staff auditor for Berman, Goldman, and
Ribakow, CPAs in Columbia, Maryland. In 1990 he joined the staff of Eastern
Savings Bank.
A member of the Shepherd University Alumni Association Board of
Directors, Wooten served as the group's treasurer (1994-1998) and is
currently the associationšs financial consultant. He was initiated into
Shepherd's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society in 1999 and served on the
Shepherd Foundation's Board of Directors (1996-1998).
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