Amy and Jim Bartle, Lawrence, announce the birth of a daughter, Kate Lillian Bartle, Sept. 19, 2003, in Overland Park. She has two sisters, Grace Elizabeth Bartle, 6, and Violet Anne Bartle, 17 months. Maternal grandparents are Bernard and Anita Palicki, Huntsville, Ala. Paternal grandparents are Doris Bartle, Champaign, Ill.; Carolyn Bartle, Ann Arbor, Mich.; and the late Robert Bartle.

• Lt. Joshua and Mary Hipsher, Annapolis, Md., announce the birth of a daughter, Cally Lynn Hipsher, Aug. 27, 2003, at Presidents Hospital in Bethesda, Md. Maternal grandparents are Julie Porentas and Da-i Ping, both of Ann Arbor, Mich. Paternal grandparents are Beverly Kester, Lawrence, and Roger Hipsher, Overland Park. Great-grandmother is Ethel Hipsher, Tonganoxie.
• Kansas University announces the following area students who graduated during the 2003 summer semester: Amy Jecheva, Levi Reznicek, Burdine Taylor and Coy Weege, Baldwin; Holly Koigi and Lori Winfrey, Eudora; Alexander Ababkov, Miguel Alzamora, Simone Bigolin, Beatrice Blom, Anthony Brixius, Katie Brummell, Patricia Cain, Chang-Mei Chang, Tao Chang, Wei-Ming Chang, Nicole Clark, Amanda Conrad, Jerald Cook, Michael Doveton, Julie Flory, Chalisa Gadt-Johnson, Jennifer Guth, Massissou Hathoura, Heather Henning, Janel Hinrichsen, Natalie Hoogveld, Nicholas Hoyt, Rebekahjo Knudson, Zhen Li, Cindy Lian, Christopher Lounsbury, Linsay Mann, Brianna Mercier, Nicole Moore, Jamie Morningstar, Grant Nichols III, John Olson, Sun Park, Mina Patterson, Zabrina Payne, Debra Peterson, Leslie Pierson, Jelica Ristic, Romola Rodrigques, April Ross, Angela Scaletty, Keena Schmidt, Matalin Shine, Robert Shorter Jr., Leslie Stillian, Garrett Stroud, Sandeep Subramaniam, Craig Sundell, Michelle Terry, Patricia Transue, Tong Wang, Ashley Whelan, Adam Williams, Billy Williams and Igor Zhumuro, Lawrence; Brenda Cummings, Briana Kems, Lori Knudtson, Joseph Kramer, Lauren Taylor, Rachel Trendel and Sarah Ubel, Ottawa; Willem Helms, Oskaloosa; Lisa Robison, Perry; Amanda Lederer, Valley Falls; Darcy Demetre, Linwood; Michael McClellan and Tammy Petersen, Tonganoxie; Cari Dillon, Cynthia James and Laurie Johnson, De Soto.