Several area educators and professionals attended a workshop on school safety Wednesday at Emporia State University. The workshop “Are You Ready? Addressing School Safety & Security” was coordinated by the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence and the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department.

Registered attendees from the Lawrence area included Kimbrelee Judy, Baldwin City school district; Sgt. Steve Grammer and Lt. David L. Brown, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office; Sharon Keagy and Mike Copple, Perry-Lecompton school district; Dean Katt, Randy Oliver and Renee Malburg, Ottawa school district; Fred Schnoke, Sheldon Pokorney and Randall Renoud, Wellsville school district.

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Myriam E. Bloom and Lynne M. Sauer, both of Lawrence, and Lauren N. Sanders, Wellsville, were named to the dean’s list at Missouri State University for the fall 2006 semester. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.5 grade point average and were enrolled in at least 12 credit hours. Missouri State is in Springfield.

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Dr. Jay Kennedy, Lawrence, recently had his paper “The Petzl S61 NEST Rescue Stretcher” published in “Alpine Karst.” The publication emphasizes exploration and study of caves and karst, which are limestone regions with sinkholes, underground streams and caverns, in the alpine, mountainous regions of North America and the world. His paper details the features of a French litter designed to allow evacuation of injured explorers from narrow, deep, vertical caves. He also outlines modifications to increase the safety of the device.

Kennedy also presented his paper at the annual convention of the National Speleological Society in Bellingham, Wash., last year, when he was elected vice president of the organization’s cave rescue section. Kennedy is a family practice physician at Advantage Medical Group, 1104 E. 23rd St.

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Christine Eaton, a teacher in the De Soto school district, is among 36 Kansas instructors who recently received certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The certification is the highest credential in the teaching profession and shows that teachers have met rigorous professional standards through peer review.

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Kansas University an-nounces candidates for degrees completed in fall 2006. Because KU conducts only one formal commencement ceremony each year, many students graduating in the fall and summer terms will return for commencement exercises on May 20.

Area candidates include:

Baldwin City: Tara Boswell, Andrea Chavez, Melissa Mitchell, Cordia Schafer, Jenna Schulte and Christopher Vansickle.

Basehor: Michael Horn.

De Soto: Rebecca Hawkins and Melissa Pelkey.

Eudora: Carissa Kell, Charlotte Kluza, Marie Kohart, Kelly Meacham and Amanda Stewart.

Lawrence: Abdulqadir Ahmed, Catherine Ainsworth, Wael Alroumi, Mohammad Alsahli, Alexis Anderson, Teresa Arab, Nick Arthachinda, Derek Bailey, Vinitha Balasubramaniam, Nathan Barbarick, Zachary Barthelman, Kellis Bayless, Daniel Begert, Elyes Salem, Hilary Berry, Michael Black, Amanda Blackhorse, Brett Bolton, Norman Bouwie III, Jeff Bremer, Jessica Breshears, Ronald Brim, Ashley Burnett, David Burnham, Mavie Busboom, Laura Callaway, Juan Carrera, Maryrose Chaaban, Colby Chapin, Wei Cheng, Mun Chong, Ka Chui, Alexander Clifford, Tod Cole, Xuefeng Cong, David Curry,

Nicholas Dannevik, Jamie Dasenbrock, Tina Decker, LaTanya Dodd, Wendy Dodrill, Jennifer Ei, Karl Eisert, Elizabeth Erickson, Walter Ewert, Fadlullah Firman, Michael Fitch, Russell French, Julie Gasper, Susan Gelvin, Andrea Giles, Sean Gleason, Stephen Godfrey, Mia Gonzalez, George Gotto IV, Shea Haase, Emily Hadley, Heidi Haynes, Nicole Henry, Elizabeth Herrman, Mark Hersey, Laura High, Nicole Hoss, Magen Hughes, Mark Hurt, Guy Jacobs, Rochelle James, Jonathan Jarvis, Bart Johnson, Bonnie Johnson, Jessica Johnson, Justin Johnson, Daryl Jones, Diane Kalinowski, Mark Kalusha, Debra Karr, Kang-Lak Kim, Kerri Kim, Lindsey Koelling, Ana Kolin, George Laurence, Kenneth Lehman, Charles Leifer, Elissa Lemesany, Timothy Lindshield, Sofia Liu, Callie Long, Emily Lowrance Floyd, Robert Madden II, Amitkumar Mane, Antoaneta Maneva, Hariom Manohar, Vahid Mansourkhaki, Sarah Marlow, Tristan McCafferty, Susan McDaniel, Marc McFrazier, Starlita McKinzie, Nicole McManness, Jesse Mcgee, Erin Mckenzie, Rachel Mehl, Emily Metzger, Christina Mier, Theresa Milk, Marcello Minzoni, Stephen Moles, Jacy Hurst Moneymaker, Jennifer Moody, Matthew Moran, Paula Morehouse, Kristine Moyer, Beatrice Muniu,

Elizabeth Nartowicz, Ralph Nichols Jr., Julie Noonan, Andrew Pfleger, Nia Phillips, Mason Pine, James Quinn, Abbie Rexroad, Nathan Richards, Nicole Richardson, Margaret Riddell, Joshua Ridder, Jill Rohde, Karl Rubis, William Ryan, Michael Santilli, Taylor Schreiner, Michelle Seastrom, Gordon Seeger, Kuyilmozhinangai Shanmugasundaram, Michael Silverstein, Martina Smith, Michael Stambaugh, Sara Steger, Dana Steidtmann, Leah Steinberg, Eli Stogsdill, Sean Sullivan, Colin Swartz, Katharine Sytsma,

Carolyn Tharp, Jeffrey Thomas, Jennifer Thomas, Matthew Thompson, Sharee Thompson, Maren Turner, Scott Weber, Eric White, Michelle Williams, Katherine Wolcott, Gillian Woods, Russell Wright, Tiaotiao Xie, Yaoyao Xie, Nikolay Yakovlev, Philip Zacharias, Oliver Zeltner and Michael Zerwekh.

Lecompton: Nicholas Ens and Julie Sergeant.

Linwood: Parker Guidry.

Oskaloosa: Tara Ala and Samuel Snyder.

Ottawa: Joshua Gibbons, Justin Montgomery and Dunley Stults.

Overbrook: Holly Harmison.

Ozawkie: Carolyn Carlson, Susan Kary and Melinda Stewart.

Tecumseh: Ashley Kramer, Scott Richardson and Joseph Sedlacek.

Tonganoxie: Emily Hadley and Meredith McMahon.

Wellsville: Daniel Duda, Pomona; Samuel Mofle and Lisa Snowden.