Kansas State University announces area students earning honors for their academic performance for the fall 2009 semester. Semester honors are awarded to students who earned a 3.75 grade-point average or higher. Graduation honors are awarded to students with a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.95 for summa cum laude; 3.85 to 3.949 for magna cum laude; and 3.75 to 3.848 for cum laude.

Students earning semester honors are: Callie Craig, Colby Heckathorne, Nicole Lordemann, Clare Miles and Hannah Sigvaldson, Baldwin City; Klinton Brown, Megan Henley, Anna Mark, Jacob Mark, Zachary Mark, Michael Rich and Mary Swabb, Basehor; Peter Buffkin Jr., Stacy Davis, Aaron Duerksen and Samuel Wilcox, De Soto; Logan Hartpence, Charles Mersmann, Marian Mersmann and James Thoennes, Eudora; Michael Bennett, Sarah Brooks, Brittany Bruhns, Allen Burkart, Joel Christiansen, Emily Coon, Bryant Denning, Katelyn Elliott, Jacqueline Heim, Nels Hotvedt, Whitley Jackson, Kathryn Kristiansen, Alyce Loch, Tess Ludwick, Megan McGraw, Erin Miller, Chelsea Morgan, Thomas Nieto, Kaylee Oberzan, Lauren Ollila, Laura Picicci, Zack Pistora, Evan Rapp, Ashley Robinson, Daniel Schneider, Jamie Shmalberg, Margaret Sorrick, Kirsten Stack, Aarynne Struble, Adrienne Struble, Aaron Trent, Katherine Turner, Maureen Ty, Amanda Weishaar and Lucas Wempe, Lawrence; Jessica Gibler, Madison Horsch, Christopher Ketter, Margaret Kuhlman and Matthew Merritt, Lecompton; Caitlin Britt and Mary Cox, Linwood; Jarrod Bechard, McLouth; Jenna Petesch, Meriden; Rachel Cunningham and Kristin Henry, Oskaloosa; Jamie Allan, Jacob Allen, Cameron Barnes, Ashley Guenther, Natalie Humerickhouse, Karessa Lewis, Katherine Maier, Stephanie Mars, Michelle Nelson, Victor Ojeleye, Jack Sachse, Tyler Sharp, Caitlin Smith and Kotie Wootten, Ottawa; Johnny Bryant, Gabriel Gantz and Abby Hurd, Perry; Amanda Albert, Nicole Allen, Jake Bontrager, Kezia Huseman, Shannon Smith and Leah Thome, Tonganoxie; Alex Bachman, Chelsy Coen and Lindy Marks, Wellsville; and Karen Noll, Winchester.

Students earning bachelor’s degrees with graduation honors are: Kara Bowman, kinesiology, magna cum laude, Basehor; Megan McGraw, speech, cum laude; and Maureen Ty, microbiology, summa cum laude, Lawrence; and Shawn Turner, agriculture, magna cum laude, Ottawa.

Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, announces area students named to the dean’s list for the fall 2009 semester. “Highest honors” are granted to students with 4.0 averages; “high honors” are awarded to students with 3.8 to 3.9 averages.

Joanna Loewen and Yuri Mitchell, both of Lawrence, received highest honors; and Stephanie Gass, De Soto, and Emily Edwards, Lawrence, received high honors.

The University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth, announces area students named to the fall 2009 dean’s list, by earning a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Students are: Sharon Grant-Guerra, Shelly Schoepflin and Lisa Wynn, Basehor; Wesley Henning, Kathleen Hermesch, Jennie Hull, Kelsey Newton, Tiana Tubbs and Mariah Vaughn, Lawrence; Michelle Chrisman, Linwood; and Kayla Beggs, Emily Gripka, Jamie Spruk, Jennifer Tate and Jerriann Yorkovich, Tonganoxie.

Fort Hays State University announces area students who completed degrees in the fall 2009 semester and those named to the dean’s honor roll, by earning a minimum grade-point average of 3.6.

Students named to the dean’s list are: Tyler Gill, Brian Handshy, Heather Miller and Amber Rosebaugh, Lawrence; Erin Rossman and Donielle Summers, Ottawa; Brian Patton, Wellsville; Ashley Turpin, Meriden; Tracie Hileman and Michael Holton, Tonganoxie; Jennifer Hill, Berryton; and Hallie McMillen, Tecumseh.

Students earning bachelor’s degrees are: Brian Handshy, business; Amber Rosebaugh, organizational leadership; and Thomas Tatum, health and human performance, Lawrence; Brian Patton, secondary education, Wellsville; Tamara Behm, nursing, and Sheila McCullough-Culver, nursing, Tonganoxie; Jennifer Hill, elementary education, Berryton; and Hallie McMillen, psychology, Tecumseh.

Several area students accepted Fort Hays State University scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year at a Student Recognition Program Feb. 14 at the Doubletree Hotel in Overland Park. The program recognized students from 11 northeast Kansas counties.

• Sam Cooper of Baldwin High School accepted a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Academic Award and a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in political science. He is the son of Will and Carol Cooper, Baldwin City.

• Haley Carpenter of Lawrence High School accepted a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in art and an $800 Hays City Silver Academic Award. She is the daughter of Tim Carpenter and Jill Hummels, Lawrence.

• Michael Dunlap of Ottawa High School accepted a $2,000 Presidential Award, a $1,200 Miller Black and Gold Award and a $900 Academic Opportunity Award in physics. Dunlap was also the winner of the $400 SRP scholarship drawing. He is the son of Brett and Danielle Dunlap, Ottawa.

• Zachary Kaighin of Tonganoxie High School accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. He is the son of Jeff Kaighin and Janice Kaighin, both Tonganoxie.

Kansas University honored student athletes named to the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring and fall 2009 semesters during halftime of the KU-Baylor University men’s basketball game Jan. 20 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Student athletes with a grade-point average of at least 3.0 were eligible for the honor.

Area students on the roll are: Katherine Beall, Baldwin City; Alex Smith, Basehor; Ryan Hays, Eudora; Ashleigh Allam, Brennan Bechard, Elizabeth Beisner, George Browne, Kallie Campbell, Julia Guard, Kevin Hays, Megan Heacock, Rose Hull, Tania Jackson, Abby Jones, Lindsey Lawrence, Brett Lisher, Katherine Melton, Samantha Overfield, Robby Price, Kaitlin Squier, Brock Ternes, Tayler Tolefree, Keron Toussaint and Sydney Wilson, Lawrence; Caleb Blakesley, Ottawa; and Levi Huseman, Tonganoxie.

Central Junior High School’s Sam Beaulieu and Eddie Wilson earned the 15th place team trophy in the K-9 under 1250 section of the National Junior High Chess Championships held April 9-11 in Minneapolis. Beaulieu also collected the eighth-place individual trophy, while Wilson and Southwest Junior High School’s Venkata Malladi received trophies for tying for 15th place. West Junior High School’s Joseph Miller earned the ninth-place trophy in the K-8 under 750 section.

Chris and Crystal Bergkamp, Bonner Springs, announce the birth of their twin daughters, Paige Michelle Bergkamp and Victoria Faith Bergkamp, on March 26, 2010, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park.

Paige and Victoria have a sister, Abygail Lynn, 3.

Their maternal grandparents are Mark and Patty Elmer, Eudora; their paternal grandfather is Mike Bergkamp, Bonner Springs; and their great-grandparents are Bonnie Barnett, Bonner Springs; Annie Bergkamp, Pretty Prairie; and Irma Elmer, De Soto.

The Lawrence Accredited Music Teacher’s Association will present two recitals at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. Teachers’ studios represented are Lisa Enns, Jean Drumm, Mary Cornwell, Elaine de San Miguel, Jung Spooner and Carol Cook.

Students performing at the 2 p.m. recital are: Jude Black, Jules Bellemere, Olivia Toevs, Rachel Gitter, Will Schultz, Halee Darling, Samantha Jo Dunham, Delaney Dethloff, Natalie Clarke, Jessica Willis, Katie Price, Zack Mick, Skylar Steichen, Haley Kellum, Lisa Elwell, Issac and Shane Slane, Savannah Price, Ava Cormaney, Riddhi Duvvur, Karen Lynn McCain, Meigen Yu, Mason Kelso, John Weiss and Ailin Yu.

Students performing at the 4 p.m. recital are: Brooke Yehle, Lydia Bulgren, Camellia Bugh, Kylie Wetnight, Josie Howell, Nina Katz, Maria Matamoros, Dingding Ye, Maggie Li, Anya Combs, Angela Young, Stephen Huan, Spencer Yost-Wolff, Ryan Duan, Savva Pettengill, Arthur Hughes, Ben Katz, Laura Willoughby, Sabrea Platz, Jessica Chen, Sarah Mechum, Jeffrey Chen, Cal Yost-Wolff, Wyatt Bugh, Denis Gathoto, Ellie Young, Sydney Combs, Di Xie, Marlee Yost-Wolff, Abby Hosek, Nora Elbayoumy, Morgan Manger and Yihan Li.

Leo Dahlem will celebrate his 80th birthday with an open house reception with family and friends from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. upstairs in the Social Hall of Holy Family Church, 820 Birch St., Eudora. No gifts please. For reservations, call 542-2695.

A number of Lawrence chess players are among the all-state players recently designated by the Kansas Scholastic Chess Association. All-state status honors the top 20 players in each division based on their performance at the KSCA State Chess Tournament and their top three performances at other eligible tournaments.

In K-12: Roy Wedge, Lawrence High School; and Thomas Clark, Free State High School.

In K-9: Andrei Elliott, Venkata Malladi, Thomas Peterson, Jacob Magnuson and Kaustubh Nimkar, Southwest Junior High School; Sam Beaulieu, Austin Bailey, Eddie Wilson, Ian Gent and George Wedge, Central Junior High School; and Robert Newman, Owen McFadden and Darren Rawlings, South Junior High School.

In K-8: Aaron Simon and Joseph Miller, West Junior High School.

In K-6: Ting-Ting Shi and Josh Kallenbach, Quail Run; and Jackson Maher, Cordley.

In K-5: Apramay Mishra, Sunflower.

In K-3: Shrivatsa Malladi, Langston Hughes; and Kelsey Jian, Sunflower.

The following Lawrence schools were honored as all-state chess teams by the association: Lawrence High School, in K-12; Southwest Junior High School, Central Junior High School and South Junior High School, in K-9; West Junior High School, in K-8; Quail Run, Prairie Park, Sunset Hills and Cordley in K-6; and Prairie Park and Cordley, in K-3.

The School of Education at Kansas University is honoring 684 Kansas teachers from 122 school districts with 25 or more years of service to education, mostly in Kansas schools.

Teachers who received certificates are listed below by name in order of USD or Interlocal District number, with total years of teaching.

232: De Soto — Joyce Curry, Susan Holloway, Gina “Denise” Reinoehl and Janice Wilcox, all 25.

289: Wellsville — Diana Kay, 26; and Mona Minshull and Rebecca Potter, both 27.

339: Jefferson County North — Penny Linscott, Cynthia O’Neill and Thad Polson, all 25.

340: Jefferson West — Pamela Clark, 25.

341: Oskaloosa — Doug Beisel, 26.

342: McLouth — Linda Martin, Sandra Walbridge and Elaine Watson, all 25.

348: Baldwin City — Janey Wiseman, 25.

458: Basehor-Linwood — Juli Brown and Mary Genz, both 25.

497: Lawrence — Mary Barke, Thomas Birt, Cheryl Boatwright, Paul Bohlen, Linda Browning, Don Clancy, Lisa Clark, Christine Conner, Lucinda Crenshaw, Alica Dreiling, Leann Gross, Kristy Kopp, Joy Lominska, Craig McCauley, Myron Melton, Brenda Meyers, Brigid Murphy, Kendra Resseguie, Leta Strom, Debra Tann, Joni Weiss and Mickey Woolard, all 25; and Margaret Bowman, 25.5.

The department of history at Creighton University, Omaha, Neb., held its Annual Honors Banquet on Tuesday. Twenty students were recognized with the following awards: the Grennan Award, Robbie Award, Schleich Award, Lieben Award, Lindell D. Hill Award, Kneer Award, and the Horning Endowed Scholarship.

Sophomore Ken Homan of Lawrence received the Grennan Award and a copy of “Traitor’s Heart” by Rian Malan.

The Grennan Award, presented annually, is given by the department of history to honor outstanding performances in a core section of non-Western history. The award is either a book engraved with the winner’s name, a cash award or a certificate.

Joanna Loewen of Lawrence, a senior at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, was one of 14 elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Cornell’s Delta of Iowa Chapter held its induction ceremony today.

Mallory Sansom of Eudora has been accepted for admission at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn., beginning in the 2010 academic year. Sansom is a student at Baldwin High School.