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Moorhead High School Hall of Honor inducting 2015 members on Oct. 3

September 22, 2015

Tickets for induction ceremony must be purchased by Sept. 29

Two graduates and a retired teacher will be inducted into the Moorhead High School Hall of Honor at a recognition ceremony at 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Tickets for the ceremony are $20 and must be purchased by Tuesday, Sept. 29. Limited tickets are available. Contact Dean Haugo in the Moorhead High School Activities Office, 2300 4th Ave. S., at 284-2346 to purchase tickets. When purchasing tickets please indicate if you are attending in honor of a certain inductee.

2015 Hall of Honor Inductees
Three inductees have been selected as the 2015 members of the Moorhead High School Hall of Honor. They are Darvin C. Miller, Peter Rogness and Shirley J. Tweten.

• Darvin Miller began the automotive program at Moorhead High School in 1970 and taught there until retiring in 2006. Under Miller, the Moorhead High automotive program earned National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) certification in 2002 and became Minnesota’s third Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) certified program in 2003. Miller also coached students for state and national automotive contests for 22 years. He was named Moorhead Teacher of the Year in 1981 and Moorhead High School Teacher of the Year in 2005.

• Peter Rogness, a 1978 Moorhead High School graduate, has worked as an art director for film and television for the past 22 years. He is credited as the art director for 28 films and has credits as assistant art director for six more films. Rogness received both a 2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie and a 2012 Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design award for the HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce.”

• Shirley J. Tweten, a 1955 Moorhead High School graduate, taught ESL at Moorhead High School from 1984 to 2009. From 1981 to 2010, Tweten also taught evening classes for Moorhead Community Education’s Adult Basic Education. Tweten was named Moorhead High School Teacher of the Year in 1992. She is a 2005 recipient of the City of Moorhead’s Human Rights Award for Education. Shirley Tweten died on October 12, 2010, at age 73.

About the Hall of Honor
The Moorhead High School Hall of Honor recognizes alumni, faculty, staff and other community members who have demonstrated notable accomplishments or provided significant contributions to their school, community or society.

The nominations committee is now considering candidates for 2016. Nominations are continuously accepted for the Hall of Honor. Nomination forms are available at www.moorheadschools.org or Moorhead High School. Nominations may be submitted online. Nominations previously received are kept to be considered for future recognition.

Corporate sponsors for the Moorhead High School Hall of Honor are Bell State Bank & Trust, Moorhead Public Service and Gate City Bank.

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