Newsmakers
All State Chorus
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The following Columbia County students, along with their choral directors, recently participated in the 2008 Georgia All State Chorus program in Savannah:
Columbia Middle School, Victoria Yrizarry (Phillip Streetman); Evans High School, Caroline Bost, Matthew Breithaupt and Derrick Harig (Jean Lancaster); Evans Middle School, Carley Flores and Alyssa Urbanawiz (Wendy Baggott); Greenbrier High School, Rebecca Baylor, Amarachi Erondu, Derick Howard, Lane Perry and Haley Woods (Karen Boyd); Grovetown Middle School, Tyler Cook and Katherine La Mantia (Margie Story); Lakeside High School, Akash Gulati and Kate Pendleton (Stacy Branch); and Riverside Middle School, Erin Russ (Vivian Easler).
UGA graduates
The following students received degrees during fall 2007 commencement from the University of Georgia:
Appling : Justin Warren Scoggins , bachelor of science; John Marcus Eubank , bachelor of business administration; Shay Alisa Seymour , bachelor of science; Michael Blanchard Stokes , bachelor of arts; Anthony Harold Welch Jr. , bachelor of business administration.
Athens : Brittany Lee Adams , bachelor of science in agriculture.
Grovetown : Benjamin Edward Nixon , bachelor of business administration; Jennifer Denise Conley , master of science; Ash Michael White , bachelor of science.
Evans : Daniel James Johnson , bachelor of science; Matthew Turner Armstrong , bachelor of arts in journalism; William Matthews Carlton , bachelor of business administration; Andria Teresa Corral , bachelor of science; Jonathan Alexander Daniels , bachelor of science; Subodh Mukund Deshpande , bachelor of business administration; Brittney Nicole Gordon , bachelor of science; Kristen Renee Green , bachelor of arts in journalism; Campbell Justin Griffin , bachelor of arts; Edward Theodore Kassinger III , bachelor of science in agriculture; Jenna Nicole Martin , bachelor of arts in journalism; Tara Michelle Newsome , bachelor of arts; Andrew James Skelton , bachelor of business administration; Phillip Anthony Tapley Jr. , bachelor of science in family and consumer sciences; John Walter Whitmire , bachelor of arts.
Martinez : Jaime Lynne Fulmer , master of agricultural leadership; Jennifer Leigh Johnson , bachelor of science in education; Robert William MacGregor , bachelor of arts; Olivia Anne Mickalonis , master of landscape architecture; Matthew Skaria Moosariparambil , bachelor of business administration; Kelly Lynn Newman , master of accountancy; Sudeep Upendrabhai Patel , bachelor of science; Lauren Alyssa Ritter , bachelor of science in education.
Georgia Tech honors
The following students were named to the fall 2007 Dean's List at Georgia Institute of Technology: Grovetown : Amanda Glosson, Ashley Niklinski, Dawn Tall; Evans : Tiffany Adams, Benjamin Albrecht, Jill Donnelly, Kaitlyn Frazier, Holly Gindlesperger, Stephen Goldman, Bridget Gorta, Andrew Hess, James Martin, Jesse Moore, Amira Mouna, Kristina Nichols, Paul Plunkett, David Schwartz, Jonathan Sheppard, Kevin Skenes, Michelle Swiec, Stephen Young; Martinez : Benjamin Bowers, Nickolas Culpepper-Hickey, Taryn Ericson, Vincent Guobaitis, Vedant Gupta, Erica Hartfield, David Jackson, Justine Lewis, Amanda Marshall, Michael Mecredy, Catherine Park, William Ralph, Jennifer Rieck, Matthew Salazar, Michael Song, Stephen Stegall, Nicole Thomas, and Jane Yoon.
The following students were named to the fall 2007 Faculty Honors List at Georgia Institute of Technology: Grovetown : Toni Cliett; Evans : Rathi Bala, Stephen Cai, Kasey Hardin, Ellica Moore, Carol Skenes; Martinez : Alice Chan, Tiffany Chang, Jonathan Clark, Jonathan Lowrie, Maria Petrie, and Tabatha Pilgrim.
Brenau University honors
The following students were named to the fall 2007 Merit List at Brenau University: Appling: Lisa Blackwelder, Rachael Raley; Martinez: Matthew Amackee, Paul Caputo, Rachel Guidry, Willie Hicks, Christine Mourfield; Evans: David Mills, John O'Neill, Jessica Rivers; Grovetown: Libby Barnett, Holli Brickle, Deborah Cranata, La-Toya Dock-Rogers, James Epping, Hannah Franklin, Theopelis Knight, Phyllis McGhee and Xavier Riddick.
The following students were named to the fall 2007 Dean's List at Brenau Unversity: Grovetown: Michele Dewyngaert; Harlem: Brian Jones, Stephanie Reeves; Martinez: Edward Hall, Victoria Brisendine; Evans: Violetta Konopka.
USC Aiken graduates
The following students received degrees at the December 2007 commencement at the University of South Carolina-Aiken: Martinez : Lindsey Shockley, bachelor of science in nursing; Evans : Rachael Goolsby, bachelor of science in nursing; Nikisha Grant, bachelor of science in nursing; Tina Hahn, bachelor of science; Ben Tankersley, bachelor of science in business administration; Kristen Waldrop, bachelor of arts in education; and Paula Wright, bachelor of science in nursing.
USC-Aiken honors
The following students were named to the fall 2007 Dean's List at the University of South Carolina-Aiken: Evans : Rachael Goolsby, Brooke Jackson, Lauren Kitchens, Paula Wright; Grovetown : Stefan Kinzli; Martinez : Angela Newman, Dustin Tyra; Harlem : Steven Blair.
The following students were named to the fall 2007 President's List at USC-Aiken: Evans : Kariss Easler and Kristen Waldrop; Grovetown : Emily Harley, Samir Vaid.