Maggie Brooke, a 2003 Lawrence Free State High School graduate, graduated in May from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. In June, she began a five-year general surgery residency at the University of California, San Francisco East Bay.

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Emily McFarland, of Winchester, has been chosen as a Week of Welcome leader to introduce new students to life at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa. McFarland is a senior at Dordt.

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The following area students completed their degrees in the summer 2012 term at Fort Hays State University: Jamie Wemple, of Meriden, with a B.S. in justice studies; Nation Anessa, of Ottawa, with a M.S. in special education; and Bobbi Pearce, of Wellsville, with an Associate of General Studies.

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Michael Bennett, of Lawrence, is participating in an internship program offered by Kansas State University’s Advanced Manufacturing Institute, or AMI, which gives students the chance to work on client projects with engineering and business professionals. Bennett is a senior in regional and community planning.

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Kristin Louise Wolfe, of Lawrence, has earned a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology at Baylor University.

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Kim Carter, of Lawrence, will spend the fall 2012 semester studying abroad at Harlaxton College near Grantham, England. Carter is an elementary education major at the University of Evansville in Indiana.