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Hannah Greathouse, a Warren senior enrolled in the Graphic Design & Video Production program. (Photo provided)

The Washington County Career Center honors its December Students of the Month, Hannah Greathouse and Brody Garvin.

Greathouse is a Warren senior enrolled in the Graphic Design & Video Production program, and she is the daughter of Michael Plaugher and Andrea Beaver of Marietta and the granddaughter of Richard and Lisa Robinson of Vincent.

At the Career Center, Greathouse is a member of the Business Professionals of America (BPA) youth organization, student council (secretary), and the class vice president of her technical program. She has been on the Career Center’s honor roll and merit roll the past two school years.

Last school year, Greathouse placed fifth in the BPA state competition for presentation team. She is a member of the Marching Warriors Big Blue Band at Warren High School for color guard and is on track to receive an Honors Diploma. In addition, she was involved in Warren’s drama club as backstage help, a former member of choir, a teacher’s assistant, and a 4-H camp counselor.

Through College Credit Plus, Greathouse has earned or will earn credits in English composition, American national government, college algebra, technical writing, psychology, physics, accounting, and statistics.

Brody Garvin, a Fort Frye senior enrolled in the Fire/EMS program. (Photo provided)

Through her technical program, she has or will earn college credit or industrial certifications for the Adobe Creative Cloud software in 2D Animation, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Audio Production, Digital Photography, Digital Storytelling, Fundamentals of Content Creation, Graphic Design, Live Streaming and Production, Video Capture, and Video Production & Editing.

She is receiving technical focus and learning skills for creating & editing digital graphics, design techniques, information technology, multimedia & image management techniques, and video & sound.

Graphic Design & Video Production instructor Chris Palmer commented, “Hannah is a great student and an even better person. She always puts forth her best effort and is a joy to have in class.”

Greathouse is employed with Route 60 Coffee as a barista and social media and marketing manager. She plans to attend Ohio University to obtain a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

Garvin is a Fort Frye senior enrolled in the Fire/EMS program, and he is the son of Mike Garvin of Beverly and Valerie Drayer of Marietta.

During his junior year, he was enrolled in the Medical College prep program.

Garvin is a member of the Career Center’s SkillsUSA youth organization, national technical honor society (NTHS), and is class vice president of his technical program.

He has received awards for the Career Center’s principal list, honor roll, and the December 2024 winner for an excellent work ethic of Coffee to Go With the SRO.

At Fort Frye, he is active in the color guard and was a member of students against violence everywhere (SAVE) club and the national youth advisory board for Sandy Hook.

Garvin is taking course offerings and learning skills for foundations for firefighting and emergency medical services, emergency medical technician, fire fighter I, and fire fighter II.

He has or will earn industrial certifications for emergency medical technician, state-tested nursing assistant, automated external defibrillator, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and stop the bleed.

He has or will earn college credit plus for introduction to nutrition, medical terminology, English composition, statistics, American national government, and psychology.

Mathematics instructor Betsy Schramm commented, “Brody is an exemplary student and a hard worker. He is very kind to others.”

Garvin is currently employed at Muskingum Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Beverly as an STNA. Upon graduation, he plans to attend Bowling Green State University to obtain a degree in flight technology and operation.