Joy Messerschmidt of Gainesville has been given a full tuition scholarship plus a paid teaching assistantship to the Applied Medical Anthropology Phd Program for the fall of 2012 at the University of Connecticut. • Stephanie Sayler, a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University from Gainesville, received the Dr. Stu Worthington Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Psychology Student, the Bhatia Foundation Award and the Silver A for Academics. • Jennifer Bulley of Gainesville has earned dean’s list status for the recently ended winter 2012 term at Washington and Lee University. Dean’s list status represents a term grade-average of at least 3.4 on a 4.0 scale. • Megan Reed of Flowery Branch graduated from Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vt., with a B.A. in Languages. • Grace Ryan, a kindergarten student at Chestnut Mountain Elementary School and Dakota Smith, a kindergarten student at Oakwood Elementary School won first and second place in the Math Awareness Month Data Story Competition for K-1 students in the Hall County school system. The contest was to celebrate and recognize Math Awareness using data and graphs for eye-catching appeal, visual attractiveness, and ability to draw the viewer to investigate the individual graphs. • Kristine Pryor from Buford, graduated from Concordia University in Portland, Ore., at its commencement ceremony May 5.
School News, May 28