Six Bishop Seabury Academy seventh-grade students, who participated in the June 6 Duke University Talent Identification Program at the Lied Center of Kansas, also qualified for state recognition based on high performance on standardized tests. They are: Addie Graham, Jacqueline Hayes, Harley Holub, Annika Knudson, Shannon Tichenor and Anna Westbrook. Knudson and Westbrook also qualified for grand recognition at the national level.

Russell “Rusty” Meigs, who earned a doctorate of education degree from Baker University in May, received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association of Teacher Educators-Kansas. His dissertation was titled “The Development and Pilot of the Technology Integration Matrix Questionnaire.”

Meigs will receive a monetary award at a future ATE-K meeting and plans to enter the 2011 National ATE competition. The state award is to help encourage, recognize and promote exemplary doctoral level research that substantially contributes to the improvement of teacher education. Meigs is the senior web architect for Olathe school district and an adjunct continuing education instructor for Baker University.

Colby Lawhorn, son of Kristine and Chad Lawhorn of Eudora, graduated from the Investigate Space: Solar System program June 25 at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson. Colby will be in second grade at Eudora Elementary this fall.

The five-day camp is for children entering second and third grades. Students participate in various activities that encourage learning, teamwork and cooperation. These activities include creating a mission patch, constructing a solar system mobile and taking part in a demonstration that explains the distance of the planets in our solar system.

Baker University’s Alpha Chi Omega Omicron chapter was named the National Housing Corporation Board of the Year at the Alpha Chi Omega national convention held July 9-12 in Washington, D.C. The sorority was awarded the National Council Trophy, which recognizes the chapter that best exemplifies the ideals and mission of Alpha Chi Omega. In the past year, Alpha Chi Omega has received many honors, including the grade cup, outstanding alumnae relations, outstanding new member education, outstanding risk management and outstanding scholarship awards.

Chad and Tammy Wilkerson, Florence, Miss., announce the birth of their daughter, Baylee Marie Wilkerson, on June 22, 2010, at Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss.

Baylee’s maternal grandparents are Carl and Neva Herd, Lecompton; and her paternal grandparents are Tom and Rosann Wilkerson, Lawrence.

Barton Community College has announced students who completed their associate’s degrees in the 2009-2010 academic year. Area graduates are Karla Wessling, Baldwin City; and Lena Nation, Ottawa.

Kansas State University recognized more than 2,850 students with spring semester honors and more than 320 students with graduation honors.

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.

Area students earning semester honors are: Callie Craig, Kristen Ferris, Colby Heckathorne, Nicole Lordemann, Clare Miles, Hannah Sigvaldson and Blake Wieden, Baldwin City; Theron Harper, Connor Hartpence, Logan Hartpence, Charles Mersmann, Marian Mersmann and Stuart Wingebach, Eudora; Sara Bastemeyer, Sarah Brooks, Allen Burkart, Weatherly Butler, Carmen Caffey, Joel Christiansen, Katelyn Galyardt, Cameron Hershiser, Whitley Jackson, Tiffanie James, Paula Kyriakos, Alyce Loch, Chelsea Morgan, Thomas Nieto, Samuel Nitcher, Kaylee Oberzan, Thomas Parrish, Laura Picicci, Ali Pistora, Emily Poholsky, Evan Rapp, Ashley Robinson, Michelle Sauer, Margaret Sorrick, Sean Stenseng, Aarynne Struble, Adrienne Struble, Braden Thomas and Lucas Wempe, Lawrence; Christopher Ketter, Lecompton;

Jamie Allan, Taylor Allan, Cameron Barnes, Andrea Fouts, Stephanie Mars, Kevin McCurdy, Rebecca Mobley, Michelle Nelson, Victor Ojeleye, Katherine Reusch, Jack Sachse, Tyler Sharp, Caitlin Smith and Christa Torneden, Ottawa; Chelsy Coen, Chailyn Cummings, Clinton Newton and Meghan Rush, Wellsville; Roger Keyes, McLouth; Blake Alexander, Jenna Petesch and Haylee Prescott, Meriden; Rachel Cunningham, Oskaloosa; Gabriel Gantz, Perry; Peter Buffkin Jr., Stacy Davis, Rachel Day, Michaela Frehe and Samuel Wilcox, De Soto; Klinton Brown, Jacob Mark, Zachary Mark and Michael Rich, Basehor; Caren Chellgren and Mary Cox, Linwood; Amanda Albert, Nicole Allen, James Armstrong, Jake Bontrager, Erica Graham and Jacob Herrstrom, Tonganoxie; and Lauren Lang and Jonathan Zeller, Overbrook.

Lawrence students earning bachelor’s degrees with graduation honors were Ruth Gibson, agriculture, cum laude; John Kihm, business administration, summa cum laude; and Erin Miller and Aaron Trent, education, magna cum laude. Zachary Mark, Basehor, also received a bachelor’s degree in business administration, summa cum laude.

The Lawrence Accredited Music Teachers presented a summer recital on July 18. Performing students were: Alita and Rita Joseph, Jack and Sarah Miller, Cameron Buzhardt, Elayna and Quinn LeBar, Ethan and Kyle Berkley, Cecilia Paranjothi, Jonathan Brazell, Emily and Felix Guo, Leonard Bass, Catherine VanGarsse, Dingding Ye, Omar Roth, Jonathan Patton, Will Shultz, Naomi Kurata and Brian Chang. The students represented the piano and violin studios of: Carol Cook, Mary Cornwell, Elaine de San Miguel, Jean Drumm, Julie Holmberg, Janet Hart Johnson and Carole Ross.

Two area students graduated from Pittsburg State University this spring with University Scholastic Honors. Students earning magna cum laude semester honors with a grade point of 3.9 were Perry Morrow, biology, Lawrence; and Christopher Scharrer, technology, Berryton.

Johnson County Community College announces full-time students who made the honor roll for the 2010 spring semester.

Area students who made the president’s honor roll by earning a 4.0 grade-point average are:

• Baldwin City — Kalli Keen, Jesse Martin and Matthew Tye.

• Bonner Springs — Susan Klinkenberg, Wayne Ridenour, Erin Scott, John Shaer and Jesse Stuckwisch.

• DeSoto — Amelia Hedge, Eric Owen, Bradley Seymour and Derek Sommer.

• Eudora — Taylor Johnson, Anthony Roberts and Jackson Wiley.

• Lawrence — Gretchen Auten, Roxanne Baxter, Aaron Bernhardt, Tayler Blodgett, Alexander Bork, Kaprelle Bradley, Maria Carvajal-Regidor, Shawn Davis, Denise Fernandes, Lindsay Gauthier, David Grantham, Jay Gray, Brittney Hoffman, Adam Hummell, James Jones, Audrianna Kozlowski, Mayla Kritski Baez, Toni Ladd, Paikran Lee, Xiaoyan Liu, Joshua Lock, Sarah Morrison, Chandra Mote, Claire Mundell, Katarzyna Potocka, Vance Rexwinkle, Daniel Rice, Sarah Riley, Jessica Robinson, Troy Sallee, Hayley Scheetz, Spencer Scott, Meeyoung Shim, Paula Smith, Zakary Stremel, Zachary Toelkes, Andrew Wagner, Tristan Wagner, Gigi Woodard and Amber Wustefeld.

• Linwood — Aaron Chavers.

• Ottawa — Katlyn Ortega.

Area students on the dean’s honor roll for earning a grade-point average between 3.5 and 4.0, are:

• Baldwin City — Joel Bates, Reagan Campbell, Marteka Carlton, Kaci Collins, Jasmyn Eyl and Kristine Rudman.

• Basehor — Vanessa Cordt, Cassie Laflin, Shawn McConnaughey and Ashlee Miller.

• Bonner Springs — Emily Breidenthal, Erin Carpenter, Jesse Ridenour, Kyle Robinson, Helen Sangster and Leslie Weiser.

• DeSoto — Brittny Smith.

• Eudora — Darrin Bretthauer, Kayla Chilcoat, Janice Gezel-Wagner, Blake Greenfield, Evan Meyers and Samantha Nelson

• Lawrence — Erika Adams, Abla Ahianfo, Weston Allen, Janet Allen, Ashley Ayala, Taylor Bach, Tiffany Baker, Rebekah Barclay, Patricia Beedles, William Bettes, Jesse Birdling, Robert Blair, Ryan Bolton, Cody Bonham, Diego Bonsignore, Kyleigh Bowen, Jonathan Burton, Jennifer Calderwood, Hillary Carlson, Marta Carvajal-Regidor, Betty Chang, Hui-Yi Chen, Erin Davis, John Denslow, Mette Esbensen, Shahla Fattaahi, Sara Fonseca, Paul Fowler, Eric Franz, Phillip Garcia, Noel George, Erin Grant, Lily Gruber, Scott Hackathorn, Alexandra Harmsen, Stephanie Henderson, Charlene Herman, Margie Hogue, Jaclyn Iden, Scott Jeffery, Kelly Johnson, Chelsea King, Cameron Knight, Jaimie Korbe, Elizabeth Krehbiel, Sonya Ledbetter, Tracy Lee, Seung Youp Lee, Christine Logan, Alicia Markham, Danielle Marsh, Trisha McElfresh, Joseph Medina, Tiffaney Meyer, Charles Miller, Megan Montgomery, Mackenzie Moore, Jaime Morton, Kate Munchoff, Amy Naff, Casey Nelson, Linaya Newstrom, Patrisha Nielsen, Pamela Nunez Montenegro, Cynthia O’Kelly, Cameron Owens, Justin Palmer, Tiffany Perdue, Pratima Pokharel, Daniel Rathbun, Tyler Richardson, Kelsie Riser, Matthew Sanchez, Taylor Seratte, Isaac Severance, William Sherrill, Sean Smith, Dylan Stang, Sara Swenson, Raju Tamang, Joshua Travelstead, Adam Trunnell, Hannah Walton, Matthew Weber, Elle Weber, Jane Wessling, Sommer White, Heidi Windholz, Cameron Winslow and Andrew Wrocklage.

• Lecompton — Jessica Gibler.

• Linwood — Ryan Chavers.

• Ottawa — Trevor Bowman and Belinda Peister.

• Tonganoxie — Paul DeVille and Cheryl Hassinger.

• Wellsville — Rebecca Brown.

Thelma Hemphill Evans, Lawrence, will turn 100 years old today. Relatives have gathered from Ireland, Hawaii and throughout the United States to celebrate with her. Both the Evans and Hemphill families have an early Lawrence history. The Evans family was in the transportation business, and the Hemphill family was in farmland and residential real estate businesses.

Amy and Jason Edmondson, Overland Park, announce the birth of their son, Nathan Lawrence Edmondson, on March 24, 2010, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

Nathan has a brother, Matthew, 2.

His maternal grandparents are Francine Winn and Ralph Schmidt, both of Overland Park; his paternal grandparents are Christopher Edmondson and Teresa Edmondson, both of Lawrence.

His great-grandparents are Larry Winn Jr., Joan Winn and Julie Deboe, all of Overland Park.

Anna Clayton, Bridget Cary, Sadie Keller and Mark Stevens, all of Lawrence, graduated from Level 2 of the Future Astronaut Training Program (FATP) July 3 at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson.

The week-long camp, for students entering grades 8-10, emphasizes teamwork, leadership, problem solving and builds on knowledge gained from FATP Level 1.

FATP Level 2 incorporates aspects of astronaut training with advanced courses in space shuttle systems, space science and physiology, and microgravity science.

Anna, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca Clayton, will be in eighth grade at Central Junior High School this fall.

Bridget, daughter of Dan and Susan Cary, will be in ninth grade at West Junior High School this fall.

Sadie, daughter of Judy and Tim Keller, will be in eighth grade at Central this fall.

Mark, son of Paul and Annie Stevens, will be in ninth grade at Southwest Junior High School this fall.

Caleb Flory and MacKenzie Flory, both of Baldwin City, exhibited Angus cattle at the 2010 National Junior Angus Show July 11-17 in Denver.

Caleb and MacKenzie, junior members of the American Angus Association, are among 613 young Angus breeders from 34 states and Canada who entered.