Joanne Esch graduates first in class

Joanne Esch, 2004

graduate of Fairview High School, has graduated from the University of Colorado Summa Cum Laude with distinction, first in her class. Esch received the Chancellor's award for her cumulative 4.0. She also was awarded "Best Honors Thesis" by the International Affairs Program. Her thesis, Legitimizing the "War on Terror": Political Myth in Official-Level Rhetoric will be published in The Journal of Political Psychology. Esch currently works for Boulder County.