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3 LISD students earn scholarships; Other scholastics

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Three seniors from Leander ISD have earned the Gift of Life Scholarship offered by STAR Windshield Repair, based in Cedar Park. Owner Eileen Smith awarded Alyssa Redd and Lora Blackwell from Leander High School and Chelsea Smith from Cedar Park High School $1,000 each for their successful participation. Candidates compete based on their individual blood and blood product donation history during the senior school year.

Texas State University

Texas State University-San Marcos announced that Lindsey N. Nichols of Leander earned Dean's List recognition for excellent academic performance for the Spring 2009 semester.

Lindsey is the daughter of Jay and Crystal Nichols and the granddaughter of John and Henrietta Stanford.

Texas State students must complete 12 semester hours and earn a minimum GPA of 3.5 to be recognized for the Dean's List.

Angelo State

Students achieving the Dean's List for the 2009 spring semester have been announced by Angelo State University in San Angelo.

To be eligible for the Dean's List, students must be enrolled full time at ASU and must maintain a 3.25 or better grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Cedar Park students are:

Alisen L. Adcock, Brianne L. Bosworth, Danielle A. Gauna, James A. Hanzel, Alyssa L. Millard, Kristin N. Pick and Laurie M. Sides. Terra L. Weden of Leander also made the list.

Harding University

Samantha Dillon of Leander was among the Harding University students included on the Dean's List for grades achieved during the spring semester.

Dillon is a senior majoring in Exercise Science.

Howard Payne University

Leander native Nathaniel Pepe received honors at Howard Payne University for the spring 2009 by being named to the Honor Roll.  

Students must earn a 4.0 grade point average to be named to the President's List, a 3.65-3.99 grade point average to be named to the Dean's List, and a 3.5-3.64 grade point average to be named to the Honor Roll.

Stephen F. Austin

The following students have been named to the Dean's List at Stephen F. Austin State University for the spring semester.

To be eligible for this honor, a student must be enrolled in 12 or more semester hours and maintain a grade-point average of no less than 3.5.

The following students were on the Dean's List:

Kimberly Michele Curry, Nursing, Leander

Leah Nicole Handrick, Mathematics, Leander

Sarah Nicole Miller, Environmental Science, Leander              

Kylie Saurage, Psychology, Leander

Kirsten Breanne Cox, health science major from Cedar Park, has been named to the President's Honor Roll at Stephen F. Austin State University for the fall semester. To be eligible for this honor, a student must be enrolled in 12 or more semester hours and maintain a grade point average of 4.0.

Savannah College of Art and Design

The following local students recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design:

Mark Norton Lopez of Austin, who earned a bachelor of fine arts in broadcast design.

Mary Kathryn Hall of Austin, who earned a bachelor of fine arts in metals and jewelry.

The following local students were named to the Dean's List at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga., for spring quarter 2009:

Katherine White of Austin, who is an interior design major and is seeking a bachelor of fine arts degree.

Mark Lopez of Austin, who is a broadcast design major and is seeking a bachelor of fine arts degree.

Michelle Merriman of Austin, who is a sequential art major and is seeking a bachelor of fine arts degree.

Georgia Tech

The following local students made the Dean's List for the 2009 spring semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology:

Erin Garcia of Austin

Mary Scott of Leander

TCU

The following local students were recently named to the spring 2009 TCU Scholars list for obtaining a 4.0 GPA at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth:

Rebecca Romohr of Austin

Jillian Marshall of Austin

Paige Myrick of Austin

Ashley Wiederkehr of Austin

Caitlin Irvin of Cedar Park

Having completed spring 2009 classes with at least a 3.4 GPA, the following local students were recently named to the Dean's List at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth.

Brittany Burkman of Austin

Amanda D'Avila of Austin

Amanda Davis of Austin

Elsa Dithmer of Austin

Megan McGuire of Austin

Jaclyn Quisenberry of Austin

Rebecca Romohr of Austin

John Saragusa of Austin

Kaitlyn Van Gorkom of Austin

Andrea Harmon of Austin

Jillian Marshall of Austin

Paige Myrick of Austin

Cydney Palmer of Austin

Bradley Powers of Austin

Taylor Thompson of Austin

Ashley Wiederkehr of Austin

Jacob Brahce of Cedar Park

Ashley Dobravolsky, Cedar Park

Caitlin Irvin of Cedar Park

Remi Lacour of Cedar Park

Austin College

The Austin College Dean's List has been announced for Spring Term 2009, according to Austin College Registrar Phyllis Rieser. All students named to the Dean's List earned a semester grade point average of at least 3.75 on a 4.0 scale.

Dean's List honorees are listed along with the local high school from which they graduated and their parents' names.

Ashley Johnson, graduate of Vista Ridge High School, daughter of Terry and Tammy Johnson

Carrie Griffin, graduate of Leander High School, and the daughter of Chuck Griffin and Naomi Boyar.

Baylor University

The following students from the Leander ISD area have been named to the Baylor University Dean's Academic Honor List for the 2009 spring semester. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must be an undergraduate with a minimum grade-point average of 3.7, while enrolled in a minimum of 12 semester hours:

Erin Anne Casey, Junior, Baylor Business Fellows; Kristin Diane Davis, Sophomore, Neuro-science; Victoria Katherine Eisele, Senior, Performance; Emily Katherine Goeke, Sophomore, University Scholar; Melissa Elaine Gossett, Senior, Early Childhood-4 Generalist; Jessica Marie Guest, Sophomore, Pre-Business; Farrah Khoja, Sophomore, Neuroscience; Andrew B. Nordin, Senior, Biochemistry; Blair Ashtenn Rankin, Sophomore, Pre-Business; Jaclin Jane Stinus, Senior, Art History; Patricia Zhang, Sophomore, Chemistry.

A private Christian university and a nationally ranked liberal arts institution, Baylor is classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This blends with Baylor's international reputation for educational excellence built upon the faculty's commitment to teaching, scholarship and interdisciplinary research to produce outstanding graduates.

Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest, continually operating university in the state. Baylor offers 150 undergraduate, 76 master and 22 doctoral degree programs, plus the juris doctor degree, through 11 academic units: College of Arts and Sciences, Hankamer School of Business, School of Education, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Honors College, Law School, School of Music, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, School of Social Work, George W. Truett Theological Seminary and the Graduate School.

For more information about Baylor, visit the web site at www.baylor.edu.

Editor's Note: With the large number of honor roll and dean's list announcements from the area, we will run these over the next few weeks as space permits.

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