Campus News: The Week of May 11

The University of Alabama’s Department of Art and Art History announced that the following were scholarship award recipients for the 2024-2025 academic year. Abigail Dunham of Marietta was a recipient of a graphic design scholarship from the Mary M. Morgan Memorial Art Scholarship Fund. Dunham is earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design with a minor in Math. Emma Mae Burtnett of Marietta was the recipient of the Carolyn Haddon “Julie” Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Burtnett is earning a Bachelor of Arts in studio art with minors in sales and Spanish.Charity Kowalewski of Acworth graduated with a Master’s degree in Education Hearing Impaired during Flagler College’s Commencement Ceremony at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre in St. Augustine, Florida on May 5.Young Harris College announced that the following students have been named to the Dean's list for the spring 2024 semester: Malia Acord and Trent Allison, both of Acworth; Corbin Pollock and Nicholas Stinson, both of Kennesaw; William Jones and Kevin Lara, both of Mableton; Cameron Bleshoy, Avery Brusa, Kyle Chatham, Eric Del Valle, Ashlyn Fraley, Donald Griffin and Madeline Kluth, all of Marietta; Olivia Canaan, Rhylie Turner and Kennedy Willis, all of Powder Springs; and Samuel Shelley of Smyrna.Young Harris College announced that the 2023-2024 academic year graduates. They are: Theresa Boydstone of Acworth; Alexis Scarpinato of Kennesaw; William Jones of Mableton; Eric Del Valle, Leanna Edwards, Ruth Mandell and Carl Perkins, all of Marietta; and Kevin Ginn and McKayla Milam, both of Powder Springs.Young Harris College announced that the following students were named to the President's list for the spring 2024 semester: Theresa Boydstone and Kennedy Couch, both of Acworth; Eros Colorado-Medrano of Mableton; Marleigh Mullins and Victoria Shanahan, both of Marietta; and Kaylin Ackerman and McKayla Milam, both of Powder Springs.Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri announced that Marie Keita of Smyrna was named to the Dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester.University of North Georgia students who showed promise, demonstrated creativity, displayed excellence, served others and exceeded all expectations had their moment in the spotlight during the annual Student Honors and Awards Day on their campuses this spring. The ceremonies were held on April 9 in Dahlonega, April 10 in Gainesville and April 11 in Oconee. Local students included: Acworth residents - Iyonka Strawn-Valcy was awarded Outstanding HELP Student and Natalie Letts was awarded Siler Scholars; Elnora Farmer of Kennesaw was a Phi Kappa Phi Inductee; Dylan Morog of Mableton was awarded Most Promising Student of Spanish; Marietta residents - Aidan Kells was a Phi Theta Kappa Inductee, Ashley Ostertag was awarded the Walter J. Carpenter Award, Cara Swartzlander was awarded the William Leger Academic Excellence in Sociology Award and was a Phi Theta Kappa Inductee, Lauren Gately was awarded the Sally Wiedmann Philosophy Award, Maria Sanchez Acosta was awarded the Ben W. Sanders Award and Rebecca Locke was awarded the Outstanding Art Education Student Award; and Emily Cain of Smyrna was awarded Outstanding Secondary Education Student.LaToya Mitchell of Marietta was named to the spring 2024 Dean's list at the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas.Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee announced that the following students were named to the Dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester: Elizabeth Chladek, Lisa McColloch and Lucy McColloch, all of Acworth; Max Linkon of the Cumberland area; Molly Cox and Chloe Sebaugh, both of Kennesaw; Brandon Carman and Meghan Wray, both of Mableton; Marietta residents - Lilly Berry, Elizabeth Gordon, Haily Harris, Sydney Lee, Sarah Grace Simons, James Westin and Campbell Wroblewski, all of Marietta; Caroline Hardy and Reagan Tipton, both of Powder Springs; and Shelby Fuller, Chloe Troutman and Clayton Troutman, all of Smyrna.The University of North Georgia in Dahlonega announced the following students were named to the Dean’s list for spring 2024: Kara Ivey, Madison Martin del Campo, Jacob Abbott, Sarah Byars, Megan Truitt and Paul King, all of Acworth; Esther Curry of Austell; Juan Henao of the Cumberland area; Alison Mcginnis, Thomas Pegram, Alexander Widner, Breann Hill, Kyle Robitzsch, Olivia Wright, Natalie Kennedy, Samantha Butler, Ryan Casey, Olivia Sayers, Emma Schatz, Lawson Willard and Caitlin Davis, all of Kennesaw; Michael Greiner, Elliotte Cornwell, Adriana Chavez-Mejia, John Davis, Reagan Grant, Patrick Kelly, Myah Cavallo, Katherine Ward, Gavin Casey, Simon Kantor, Kaitlyn Bache, Olivia Dickman, Jade Unsicker, Hannah Woods, Zoe Trudeau, Elizabeth Cheney, Lauren Gately, Aiden Smith, Isabella Laske, Morelia Ramirez, Harri Urquhart, Annelise Antrobus, Ryan Kirk, Isabella Musgrove, Kyle Sanders, Daniel Kumi, Wesley Blackwell, Hunter Colier, Joseph Norwood and Alexandre Charpentier, all of Marietta; Anna Wier, Aaron Panu, Megan Scoggins, Shykeyria James, Ansley McBride, Andrew Byrd, William Maynard, Tyler Vitelli and Halle Pascoe, all of Powder Springs; and Gabriel Slutzky, Rogelio Romero, Yoana Garcia and Lindsay Thacker, all of Symrna.Riley Christ of Marietta, a Sophomore Premed/Predent major, was among approximately 740 Bob Jones University students named to the spring 2024 Dean's list.Audrey Huffman of Acworth, a Senior Political Science major, was among over 600 Bob Jones University students named to the spring 2024 President's list.Union University in Jackson, Tennessee announced that 447 students graduated on May 4 during spring commencement services on the university’s Great Lawn. Among them was Brittaney-Ann Simpson of Kennesaw, who graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy and a Master of Business Administration (Online Only).Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama named the following students to the spring 2024 Dean’s list: Megan G. Smith, Amelia Pass, Hunter Scott Rickeard, Caden C. Finlen, Jersey Grace Wilson and DaMyron Tawan Hill, all of Acworth; Jacob L. Mann and Elaine Marie Acree, both of Kennesaw; Tyler Burton Sumners of Marietta; and Mackenzie Nicholson and Sydney R. Greene, both of Powder Springs.Jacksonville State University announced the following students were named to the spring 2024 President’s list: Ansley O'Connor and Jonathan Buckles, both of Acworth; Andrew Nauman of Austell; Maggie Saleeby of Kennesaw; Lauren Larimer-Swann of Mableton; Jack Schlundt, Regan Hannafey, Taylor Baesman and Luis Onofre, all of Marietta; Kennedy Head, Shikria Thomas and Kayla Williams, all of Powder Springs; and Emma Larson of Smyrna.