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  SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- A former Kennewick man who worked as a mechanical engineering assistant professor at Santa Clara University in California died Friday in a car accident. He was 27.

  Daniel Strickland died when his car hit a deer, then was struck by another vehicle, according to a news release from the university.

  He grew up and attended schools in Kennewick, graduating from Kennewick High School in 2002.

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• Whatcom People: County residents recognized for university academics and for Air Force advancement

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  • Six Bellingham-area students were named to the 2011 fall-semester Dean's List at the University of Portland, in Oregon: Elizabeth Carroll, senior, communication; Emily Hart, junior, elementary education; Ruby Machado, freshman, political science; Amy Smith, junior, nursing; Michelle Thomas, freshman, chemistry; and Emily Tomaszewski, senior, environmental science.

  • Five Whatcom County students were named to the 2011 fall-semester Dean's Honor Roll at Montana State University, in Bozeman: Jennifer Daly, Clifford Davis, Rachel Hardin and Donald Wright, all from Bellingham, and Fredric Vollmer, from Deming.

  • Two Whatcom County students who are majoring in nursing were named to the 2011 fall-semester Dean's List at Northwestern College, in Orange City, Iowa: Jordan Biehle, a sophomore daughter of Joseph and Lori Biehle of Nooksack, and Erica Dochovski, a senior daughter of Henry and Helen Zylstra of Nooksack.

• Whatcom People: Students noted for university achievements; Ferndale writer attends New York workshop

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  These Whatcom County students graduated from Seattle Pacific University:

  Bellingham: Kelly Andrews, B.A., music; Emily Best, B.A., political science; Jayme Fergoda, Ph.D., clinical psychology; Jonathan Martin, B.A., cum laude, business administration; Vanessa Parry, B.S., nursing; Brenda Post, B.S., nursing; and Kyla Rohde, B.A., communication.

• WWU gets $2.9M grant to study Woodring College graduates

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  BELLINGHAM - A nearly $3 million federal grant will fund a study of future elementary school teachers graduating from Western Washington University.

  The five-year study will examine the teachers' effectiveness at teaching science by looking at elementary school students' test scores and other markers of progress, said Chris Ohana, an associate professor at WWU and principal investigator for the study.

  It also will measure the effectiveness of a few uncommon methods used at Woodring College of Education. For example, future teachers are required to take a year-long sequence that specifically shows them how to teach science to kids, rather than having them take more general science classes in a lecture hall, Ohana said.

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