The following students were named to the 2011 fall semester Dean’s List at Iowa State University in Ames. Students must have earned a GPA of at least 3.5 while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours.

From Lawrence: Kathryn May Baringer, mechanical engineering; Mark T. Jongman-Sereno, architecture-professional degree.

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McPherson College has announced its fall 2011 Honor Roll. To qualify for the honor roll, students must be a full-time student and earn a GPA of 3.55 or higher during the previous term.

From Lawrence: Casey Maxon, junior.

From Oskaloosa: Dusty Kitchen, senior.

From Wellsville: Madison Chambers, junior.

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Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo., has announced the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above.

From Basehor: Josh Linton.

From De Soto: Nick Johnson.

From Eudora: Brian Talbert.

From Lawrence: Amy Meyers and Kaela Severa.

From Tonganoxie: Victoria Fladung.

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Cordley School won the second-place trophy in K-5 at the Onaga High School Chess Tournament Jan. 28 in Onaga. In K-12, Lawrence High School’s Thomas Peterson and George Wedge earned the 11th- and 12th-place medals, respectively. In K-5, Cordley’s Liam Hoey-Kummerow claimed third while Prairie Park’s Kenna McNally came in sixth.

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Simerun Singh, of Lawrence, is participating in “Whitman Teaches the Movement,” a partner project between Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., Walla Walla Public Schools and the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. The goal of the project is to increase awareness about the civil rights movement among elementary school students. A group of more than 100 Whitman College students will be teaching classes in local schools. Singh is a 2008 graduate of Lawrence High School. She is a senior politics major at Whitman.

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Emporia State University has released its Honor Roll for the fall 2011 semester. To qualify, students must earn a minimum 3.8 semester GPA in at least 12 graded hours.

From Baldwin City: Emily Garcia, Lindsay Atchison.

From Berryton: Victoria Crocker.

From Bonner Springs: Amanda Kile, Melissa Wheeler.

From De Soto: Christopher Dvorak.

From Lawrence: Derek Trammell, Peter Tuttle, Jaymie Hardtarfer, Mallory West, Jamie Hulse, Joseph Kornbrust, Kathleen Ellena, Natalie Rabiola, Adam Petz, Craig Rosenstengle, Jeffrey Stromberg, Whitney Wiebe, Hannah Bain, Savannah Franz, Caroline Hoag, Jordan Yulich.

From Meriden:vCasey Bisnett, Billy Garner.

From McLouth: Lezley Lawson.

From Oskaloosa: Myla Heston.

From Ottawa: Kelci Kost, Emily Moore, Tinika Wheat, Kimberly Fread, Nicole Hopkins, Megan Raby, Susanne Stevenson.

From Tecumseh: Nancy Shepheard, Kyle Farmer, Kristine Becker, Katherine Slayton, Taylor Trupp, Therese Voegeli.

From Tonganoxie: Raylynn Laster-White, Rachel Schmitz, Michelle Tannehill, Jessica Turner.

From Wellsville: Kelly Hoehn, Lacy Jordan.