Fay Jost, Lawrence, will celebrate her 101st birthday on Wednesday with a card shower. Cards may be sent to Jost at 1101 Vermont, Apt. 405, Lawrence, KS, 66044.

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Becca Booth-Meyers and Chad Meyers, Lawrence, announce the birth of their son, Truman Vincent Booth Meyers, born March 2, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

Truman has a sister, Scout Cassidy Booth Meyers, 5.

His maternal grandparents are Hank and Sue Booth, Lawrence; and paternal grandparents are Connie and John Meyers, Eudora.

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Baker University students were honored May 2 at the Baker Undergraduate Research and Performance Symposium at the Collins Center. Ashley Snedeger, Baldwin City, was honored as a Mildred Hunt Riddle Honors Scholar. Named to Alpha Delta Sigma, Baker’s highest academic honorary society, were: Heidi Compton, Lawrence; David Foltz, Perry; and Chelsey Forge, Oskaloosa.

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U.S. Rep Lynn Jenkins announced May 3 that Drue Davis, Free State High School junior, won the 2009 Congressional Art Competition.

Students from the 2nd Congressional District submitted artwork for the competition. The first-place piece, a self-portrait entitled “Ragazza Verde” by Davis, will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year, and the three runners-up will have their artwork displayed in Jenkins’ offices in Topeka, Pittsburg and Washington, D.C. Brittany Long, Lawrence High School senior; Chloe Porter, Free State senior; and Charika Billie, Free State senior, were runners-up in the competition.

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Peggy and Daniel Benally, Lawrence, announce the birth of their daughter, Abigail Kathleen Benally, May 13, 2009, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

Her maternal grandparents are David Bacorn, Leesville, La., and the late Kathleen Blair; and paternal grandparents are Abel and Gayle Benally, St. George, Utah.

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Kansas State University announces its May 2009 graduates. The commencement ceremonies were May 15-16 on the Manhattan campus; and May 9 for K-State at Salina. Area graduates are:

Associate’s degree — Nicholas Mallare, technology, Lawrence; and Steven Goodman, technology, Meriden.

Bachelor of Arts — Christopher Garlick, Basehor; Heather Leibach, Lawrence; Kelsey Bates, Oskaloosa; and Lindsay O’Neil, Tonganoxie.

Bachelor of Science —

• Basehor: Sarah Breuer, agriculture; Brittany Dixon; Courtney Sebree, business administration; and Joshua Tellefson, construction science and management.

• De Soto: Benjamin Whitney.

• Lawrence: Sarah Affalter; Nicole Berry, interior design; Michelle Colgan, food science and industry; Allison Coon, interior design; Alden Haugh, agriculture; Michael Hendrickson; Nicholas Mallare, engineering technology; Tiffany Peterson, education; Dustin Sherbert; Andrew Trent, education; and Allison Unruh.

• Lecompton: Joshua Lesser, education; Eric Lorimer, business administration; and Bret Vannicola, agribusiness.

• Linwood: Samuel Neal, education.

• McLouth: Tiffany Kramer, athletic training; and Erin Watson.

• Meriden: John Bergin, agriculture; Steven Goodman, engineering technology.

• Oskaloosa: Jessica Layden, athletic training.

• Ottawa: Jennifer Burks, education; Rodney Harris, agriculture; Kyle Huschka, industrial engineering; Zachary Maier, computer engineering; Dominic Nation, business administration; Bradley Skiles, industrial engineering; and Nicklas Weien, mechanical engineering.

• Perry: Cassie Knudsen, feed science and management; and Tyler Langton, feed science and management.

• Tonganoxie: Alan Bauerly, agriculture; Shane Howard; and Chase Nowak, chemical engineering.

Bachelor of Fine Arts — Elizabeth Hyler, Lawrence.

Doctor of Philosophy — R. Sue Salem, curriculum and instruction, Lawrence.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine — Cameon Childers, De Soto; Kabel Robbins, Oskaloosa; and Adam Smith, Ottawa.

Master’s — Hilary Noonan, landscape architecture, Lawrence.

Kansas University’s political science department recognized top students at its annual honors banquet April 23 at Alvamar Country Club.

Twenty-eight students were inducted into the Gamma chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, a national political science honor society. Area students initiated into Pi Sigma Alpha were: Jacob Longaker, De Soto; Francesca Chambers, Joshua Gapetz and Brant Richardson, all of Lawrence; and Matthew Miles, Lecompton. Longaker and Sara Shannon, Ottawa, received the political science faculty award, and Gapetz received the Harley S. Nelson Family Fund Scholarship. Receiving the Walter Thompson Scholarship were Whitney Court, Ryan Gibb, Alana Querze, Pedro De Abreu Gomes Dos Santos, Nicholas Howard, James Stoutenborough, Christopher Kroh, Heather Yates, Bruce Blair and Laura Dean, all of Lawrence. Grant Wille, Lawrence, received the Ethan P. Allen Pi Sigma Alpha Award.

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A. Bani Singh, Lawrence, has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal arts from St. John’s College, Santa Fe, N.M. Each senior is required to write and defend a senior essay in an oral examination as a requirement of graduation. Singh’s senior essay was entitled “‘Come ye daughters help me lament’: Bach’s Invocation of the A-rational and the Feminine.”

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Emporia State University announces candidates for undergraduate degrees which they will receive either this month or at the conclusion of summer classes in August. The commencement ceremony was May 16 at Welch Stadium. Area graduates are:

Bachelor of Arts — Sara Wohletz, cum laude, Basehor; Steven Brown, Bonner Springs; Natalie Mason, Lawrence; and Stephanie Downs, Tonganoxie.

Bachelor of Fine Arts — Michelle Nila, Eudora; and Ashley Czajkowski, magna cum laude, Meriden.

Bachelor of Integrated Studies — Whitney McGinnism Oskaloosa.

Bachelor of Science —

lBerryton: Jessica McCartney, business, and Gabrielle Scarpa, education, cum laude.

• Bonner Springs: Jessica Crosby, education, magna cum laude.

• Eudora: Corey Green; and Sandra Huddleston, business.

• Lawrence: Cassandra Brickell, cum laude; Anthony Dreiling, business, cum laude; Jennifer Frentrop-Decker, education, magna cum laude; Erin Harrison, Cristy Holloway, business; James Kegin, magna cum laude; Rachel Kottwitz; Scot Lange; Kristen Stetler, education; Robert Wallace; and Joel White, education.

• Ottawa: Amanda Fritts, education, summa cum laude; Margo James, education; Christopher Lyman, education, cum laude; Willis Miller; Justin Smith, business; and Matthew Wilkins.

• Wellsville: David Caruthers, business, magna cum laude.

• Tonganoxie: Kelly McCarthy; and Elizabeth Smith, education.

Master of Arts — Lawrence: Robert Nichols, teaching.

Master of Business Administration — Eudora: Natalie Arndt.

Master of Library Science — Lawrence: Jennifer Cook, Anne Hayden, cum laude.

Master of Science — Dianna Mock, Baldwin City; Ashley Baker, Elizabeth Dillon and Kyle Razak, all of Bonner Springs; Sarah Jones, De Soto; Barbara Hartwell and Ty Pattison, Eudora; Sahja Cove, magna cum laude; Carol Harrell, Jo Kottwitz, Tami Larson, and Lori Stussie, magna cum laude, all of Lawrence; Vicki Bechard and Janna Terry, both of McLouth; Alison Hall, cum laude, and Blake Lasley, both of Ottawa; Shannon Schmitz, specialist in education, Tonganoxie; and Anthony Taylor, specialist in education, Wellsville.

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Jennifer Hornbaker, Lawrence, received the High Scholarship Award in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during an April 5 ceremony at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The award is given to undergraduate students who rank in the top 2 percent of their college class.

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More than 200 members of the Class of 2009 at Kansas University who were recipients of KU’s top scholarships were recognized during commencement May 17 at Memorial Stadium. The Class of 2009 includes graduates from spring 2009 and summer and fall 2008. Area students are:

Berryton — Jared Johanning, Solon E. Summerfield Scholar, son of Scott and Roxy Johanning.

Lawrence — Christine Allen, Elizabeth M. Watkins-Emily Berger Scholar, daughter of Rand and Gail Allen; Octavia Chang, Endowment Meritorious Scholar, daughter of Feri Chandra; Benjamin Chapin, National Merit Scholar, son of Rosemary and Barry Chapin; David Davidson, Endowment Meritorious Scholar, son of Janet Davidson; Marie Hull, Watkins-Berger Scholar, daughter of Robert and Marilyn Hull; Carol Liang, Endowment Meritorious Scholar, daughter of Jenn-Tai and Hwa Chi Liang; Gina Lorenz, Watkins-Berger Scholar, daughter of Tom and Sue Lorenz; Abel Martens, Endowment Meritorious Scholar, son of Marcia Segraves; Maureen Oliver, Endowment Meritorious Scholar, daughter of William and Karen Oliver; and Satyanarayana Telikepalli, Endowment Meritorious Scholar, son of Hanumaiah and Arunasri Telikepalli.

Ottawa — Jennifer Harness, National Merit Scholar, daughter of David and Cynthia Harness; and Jesutomi Mercy Ojeleye, Endowment Meritorious Scholar, daughter of Akinola and Temitope Ojeleye.

Linwood — Caitlin Rose, National Merit Scholar, daughter of Larry Rose.

Tecumseh — Kaitlin Carr, Watkins-Berger Scholar, daughter of Kevin and Linda Carr.