Ark Valley News - Highlights

New members Charla Cross and Marilyn Lewis join Pam Brillhart, regent of the Little Arkansas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Highlights
Last Updated: June 15, 2017

The following area students were named to the dean's honor roll for the spring 2017 semester at Fort Hays State University. To be eligible, students must have completed 12 or more credit hours and have a minimum grade point average of 3.60 for the semester. Students are listed with their year in school and major.

From Bel Aire, Christopher Michael Jacobs, freshman, computer science.

From Park City, Michelle Ann Rothchild, senior, social work.

From Valley Center, Sierra Archer, senior, communication sciences and disorders; Kristy Jo Breneman, senior, early childhood unified education; Claudia Lauren Giffin, senior, psychology; Jacqueline Rae Gooch, senior, management; Desiree Lauren Hoetmer, senior, psychology; and Chelsea Faith Jackson, junior, health and human performance (health promotion).

From Wichita, Kolten Dale Lang, junior, radiologic technology; Addison Kevin Pauler, senior, radiologic technology; Michael Wayne Aston, senior, management; Andrew Paul Hoss, senior, management information systems; Brooke Blair Myers, junior, general studies; Jennifer Bauserman, education; Daniel Hubert Kelly, junior, health and human performance (sport and exercise therapy); and Jordan Sierra Larson, senior, early childhood unified education.

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D.J. Crager qualified for the dean's honor roll during the fall and spring semesters at the University of Missouri Kansas City pharmacy school. A 2011 Valley Center High School graduate, Crager is the son of Doug Crager and Kelee Crager.

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The following area students earned honors by achieving a GPA of at least 3.75 in at least 12 graded hours for the spring 2017 semester at Kansas State University:

From Valley Center, Evan Balthazor, Steven Binau, Mariah Brown, David Chandler, Brandon Jansen, Laken Johnson, Morgan Jones, Zachory Kirkham, Jayden McCall, Mason Orr, Jill Seidl, Jill Seiler, Danielle Shirley, Nathan Stewart, Quintina Tillotson and Laura Wiebe.

From Bel Aire, Matthew Brooks, Laura Farkas, Joel Findley, Austen Henry, Andrew Kempf, Jordan Lund, Hudson Parris and Paige Posson.

From Kechi, Andrew Bayless.

From Park City, Mikaila Woods.

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Maimouna Dosso of Wichita was named to the spring semester 2017 President's List at Georgia State University in Atlanta. To be eligible for the President's List, students must earn a 4.0 GPA for the semester and complete at least nine semester hours of academic credit with no incompletes.

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Paige Lundin of Valley Center is part of the cast and crew presenting "The Star-Spangled Girl" by Neil Simon, running June 14 trough 17. Lundin, a senior speech and theatre education major, handled publicity and promotion.

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Theodore Worstell, of St. Joseph, Mo., graduated from College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo., during the 2017 commencement exercises on May 7. Worstell received a B.S. in conservation and wildlife management. Worstell is a Valley Center High School graduate.

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The Office of the Registrar at Northwest Missouri State University has announced the names of students named to the Academic or President's Honor Roll at the end of the 2017 spring trimester. The following area students earned honors by carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours and attaining a grade-point average of 3.5 or above on a 4.00 scale. Students named to the President's Honor Roll have attained a perfect 4.00 GPA for the trimester:

From Wichita, Jasmine B. Baczkiewicz attained the academic honor roll and Gabrielle C. Torline attained the president's honor roll.

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Charla Cross and Marilyn Lewis were recently initiated into the Little Arkansas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in Valley Center. These ladies have traced an ancestor to a patriot in the American Revolutionary War. Any woman over 18 who can prove lineal descent to an American Patriot of the Revolutionary War may join. For more information or help in genealogy research, contact info@littlearkansasdar.org or call Pam Porter at 755-3237.