Truman State University, Kirksville, Mo., announces graduates earning bachelor’s degrees May 9. Area students are: Rachel Uhlig, Spanish and theatre, cum laude, Perry; and Jennifer Thomas, music, Lawrence.

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Rachel McBride and Jason McBride, Kansas City, Mo., announce the birth of their son, Robert Jack McBride, born July 14, 2009, at North Kansas City Hospital, in Kansas City, Mo.

His maternal grandparents are Daniel and Yolanda Quintero, Kansas City, Mo.; and paternal grandparents are Mike and Marilyn McBride, Lawrence.

His great-grandmother is Joan Ogden, Lawrence.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln, announces its dean’s list for the 2009 spring semester. The minimum grade-point requirement for the honor roll varies by school from 3.5 to 3.75. Area students listed are: Donna Lounsbury, senior, biological systems engineering, Eudora; and Kaylen Fleming, freshman, English, Maxwell Gregoire, sophomore, physics, and Kimberly McDonald, freshman, art, Lawrence.

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Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, announces students named to the dean’s list for the 2009 spring semester.

“Highest honors” are granted to students with 4.0 averages; “high honors” are awarded to students with 3.8 to 3.99 averages; and “honors” include grade-point averages of 3.6 to 3.79.

Lawrence students are: Emily Edwards, junior, honors; Joanna Loewen, senior, highest honors; and Yuri Mitchell, senior, highest honors.

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Kansas University hosted a state recognition program June 7 at the Lied Center for more than 300 of the more than 900 academically talented seventh-grade students selected for the 2009 Duke University Talent Identification Program. The students represent 128 Kansas cities in 61 counties.

Selection to Duke TIP is based on college entrance exam scores that are in the top 5 percent while the students are in middle school. Students take either the SAT or ACT national achievement tests.

The Duke program is in its 29th year, and this is the 11th year KU has hosted the Kansas recognition program. Area students are:

Baldwin City — Benjamin Growcock, Brenna Johnson, Nicholas Joslyn and Morgan Linder.

De Soto — Elaina Grantham, Kathleen Harding and Eric Williams.

Eudora — Logan Brown and Kennedy Odell.

Lawrence — Kate Albrecht, Abigail Berland, Addison Bollaert, Brooke Braman, Drew Bryant, Sally Carttar, Bridget Cary, Lawrence Chen, Alison Chi, Brendon Clair, Pheobe Clark, Brenan Conroy, Colin Dietz, Katie Gaches, Eliza Gant, Aaron Gehrke, David Glauner, Jack Jiang, Kaitlyn Johnson, Noah Kenn, Rose Kennedy, Sarah Kinder, Anna Kleibohmer, Kristofer Knudson, Cale Kobler, Yukyung Lee, Cleo Lemaster, Siyin Li, Olivia Loney, Nila Mandal, Gillian Marsh, Kelton McDaniel, Alexandra Mikel, Nicholas Miller, Hannah Moran, Carl Palmquist, Anish Patel, Christopher Rice, Abigail Schletzbaum, Siel Snowden, Bailey Sullivan, Ethan Ward, Isaac Ward, Maddie Williams and Edward Wilson.

Ottawa — Shania Lamm and Dakota Uht.

Perry — Eilish Gibson.

Tonganoxie — Marissa Martin.

Wellsville — Ethan Mosher and Hunter Thuro.

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Johnson County Community College announces area full-time students who made an honor roll during the 2009 spring semester.

Those who made the president’s honor roll by earning a 4.0 grade-point average were:

Baldwin City — Matthew Tye and Michael Zakharov.

Basehor — Imogene Leslie.

Bonner Springs — John Dixon.

De Soto — Janette Conley, Amelia Hedge and Nick Johnson.

Eudora — Wandamarie Baker, Todd Linebarger and Breaer Miller.

Lawrence — Cody Alley, Allison Arenas, Kaprelle Bradley, John Bradshaw, Jeremy Brolhorst, Brandi Brown, Jennifer Calderwood, Cassandra Calhoon, Jose Carvajal Regidor, Dennis Cheers, Shannon Curry, Denise Fernandes, Benjamin Gerrard, Ron Glover, Bryan Gordon, Jay Gray, Tommy Gunter, Ian Higbie, Margie Hogue, Christopher Ikenberry, Veronica Keeton, Irina Kislitsyna, Cameron Knight, Cory Kowalski, Toni Ladd, Kaci Ludwig, Logan Marienau, Mariah Markham, Emily McTaggart, Ednice Metz, Sarah Morrison, Jaime Morton, Heather Odell, Samantha Poholsky, Pratima Pokharel, Mary Pouy, Troy Sallee, Matt Schafer, Meeyoung Shim, Myka Small and Jacob Wilson.

Linwood — Aaron Chavers.

Ottawa — Sheila Cheasbro.

Tonganoxie — Cristen Bray, Kaley DeVries, Victoria Marrs and Sarah Wiley.

Those who made the dean’s honor roll by earning between a 3.5 and 4.0 grade-point average were:

Baldwin City — Marteka Carlton, Brijette Romstedt, Gregory Shay and Patrick Sullivan.

Basehor — Cassie Laflin.

Bonner Springs — Mandy Campbell, Erin Carpenter, Laura DeLozier, Jared Masters, Naurin Narsingani, Jeffrey Renner, Helen Sangster, Britney Shipman, Shauna Shoemake and Catherine Smith.

De Soto — Timothy Blankenship, Carissa Bogue, Michael Freeman, Megan Gardner, Kenneth Price, Savannah Rawie, Amy Reynolds and Derek Sommer.

Eudora — Jamie Baker, Jaime Becker, Hannah Brunton, Sara Dade, Judy Erpelding, Amanda Geldhof, Rodney Landreth, Kathryn Lutes, Jared Reetz and Christopher Wilkins.

Lawrence — Salem Al marri, Kris Antonetti, Andrew Barton, Joey Betzen, Scott Bozarth, Hillary Carlson, Julie Carter, Mary Chau, Tuo Cheng, Keith Countess, Michael Cox, Courtney Engstrom Stepan, Mette Esbensen, Ethan Ezell, Anthony Fast, Shahla Fattaahi, Jenny Franchuk, Sarah Frehe, Jared Hedge, Thomas Helfrich, Lauren Higbie, Joshua Hodges, Caitlin Hornbeck, Noemi Ibarra, Corey Jones, Annette Koland, Audrianna Kozlowski, Caitlin Lutes, Kyla Maclaren, Matthew McKitrick, Tiffaney Meyer, Mary Moats, Kate Munchoff, Amy Naff, Melissa Naff, David Navarro Jr., Casey Nelson, Fabian Ontiberos, Devin Patterson, Tyler Richardson, Ryan Schick, Angela Schwab, Michael Shackelford, Shikhar Sherchan, Tyler Smith, Lynda Smith, Carrie Snyder, Ryan Stauffer, Sean Steinle, Hamilton Suh, Lin Tang, Ching Hon Tsang, William Volle, Tristan Wagner, Levi Weaverling, Ellen Wegner, Kati Williams, Jessica Wyatt, Stephanie Yates and Amanda Zwiener.

Linwood — Ryan Chavers.

McLouth — Leah Hoffhines.

Ottawa — Anthony Johnston and Elizabeth Scott.

Tonganoxie — Judith Gearheart, Cheryl Hassinger, Erin Shore, Jessica Turner and Marlo Wetta.

Wellsville — Rebecca Brown and Brandon Martinez.

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Four new staff members are joining Bishop Seabury Academy. They are: Rose Emergo, who holds a doctorate in physics from Kansas University and will teach math and science; Sonya English, who holds a bachelor’s degree from KU in journalism and will teach journalism; Jacquelyn Krueger-Stineman, who has a background in sales and marketing and will be director of admissions; and Margie Lawrence, who holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from California State University-Fullerton and will be director of development and teach music.

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Sierra Smith, 10, daughter of Kiyane Tucker and Courtee Smith of Lawrence, will participate in the Nationals’ 2009 Miss Pre-Teen Kansas City pageant competition today.

Smith will compete in the Miss Jr. Pre-Teen division, one of four divisions for young ladies between the ages of 7 and 19, who compete in modeling routines which include casual and formal wear.

The winner of the Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Kansas City competition will represent Kansas City and the surrounding communities at the Cities of America National Competition in Orlando, Fla. More than $60,000 in prizes and awards will be presented at the national competition while each winner enjoys the expense-paid trip of five nights and six days in Orlando.

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Sara Fevurly, Lawrence, has been named the recipient of the 2009-10 Oklahoma Press Association Freshman Endowment Scholarship to attend the School of Journalism and Broadcasting at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Twenty-eight students received scholarships totaling more than $55,000.

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Hunter Samuels, son of Gene and Merri Samuels, Tonganoxie, was named to the dean’s list for the 2009 spring semester at Dana College, Blair, Neb., by earning a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher.

Samuels is a recent graduate who majored in business administration and corporate communication. He is a 2005 graduate of Tonganoxie High School.

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Members of the Lawrence High School Class of 1970 will meet to plan their 40th reunion at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Jane Buxton, 1564 El Dorado Drive. For reservations, call Buxton at 843-7775.