Darcy Olmstead of Fayetteville was named to the spring 2018 president’s list at Washington and Lee University, in Lexington City, Va.
ST. OLAF COLLEGE
Ruby Erickson and Ridley Weeks, both of Fayetteville, have been named to the spring 2018 dean’s list at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., with grade-point averages of 3.75 or better.
UALR LAW
Victoria Giles of Fort Smith has been elected to serve as president of the Student Bar Association executive board at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.
The association creates opportunities for students to come together in academic, service-oriented and social settings; represents student interests to the administration and faculty; apprises students of recent issues and developments; and provides financial support to student organizations.
Robert Lewis of Bentonville has been selected as a member of the 2018-2019 UA Little Rock Law Review, and William Lawrence of Rogers has been selected as an apprentice.
Students who have completed their first year of law school are eligible to participate in the UA Little Rock Law Review if they are in the top 10 percent of their class or have successfully passed the written competition. The Review is a quarterly publication that has three primary objectives: to publish articles, surveys and essays that are timely and useful to Arkansas practitioners, the judiciary and other members of the state’s legal community; to publish material which reaches national and international legal audiences; and to provide a forum for outstanding student work of both local and national interest, as well as an opportunity for students to gain experience editing scholarly articles.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Ethan Ellis of Gentry was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester at Washington University in St. Louis, with a grade-point average of 3.6 or better.
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK
Several local students were named to the spring 2018 chancellor’s list at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, with gradepoint averages of 3.9 or better. They include Shazeena Ashraf of Fort Smith, Samuel Baker of Holiday Island, Makayla Brazelton of Rogers, Lindsey Carl of Fayetteville, David Dawkins of Bella Vista, Dalton Harwell of Pea Ridge, Jessica Higgs of Prairie Grove, Robert Hill of Bella Vista, Klara Hutchinson of Huntsville, Katie Matthews of Bentonville, Whitney Patton of Bentonville, Lelia Rosenkrans of Springdale, Celsey Swinney of Bentonville and Dalissa Barentine of Van Buren.
Local students also were named to the spring 2018 dean’s list, with grade-point averages of 3.5 or better. They include Evan Alden of Springdale, Pablo Centeno of Fort Smith, Christopher Church of Springdale, Nathanial Corrons of Fort Smith, Tyler Davis of Fayetteville, Nicholas Engel of Green Forest, Selena Gordon of Fort Smith, Ashley Hidalgo of Springdale, Emmalynn LaRue of Paris, Talia Lambert of Springdale, Christopher Lewis of Lavaca, Jessica Ley of Rogers, Vianca Martin of Fort Smith, Willow Moyer of Rogers, Jacob Phelan of Farmington, Jessica Regalado of Rogers, Charlie Tran of Fort Smith, Nuriena Vang of New Blaine, Nalee Vang of New Blaine, Hayley Winn of Western Grove, Jonathan McClain of Springdale, Benjamin Powell of Centerton and Nigel Spears of Fort Smith.
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY
Emily Parker of Harrison, a student at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, received a leadership award from the school at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK
Alexis McCartney of Ozark, a student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named a semifinalist in the 2017-2018 Collegiate ECHO Marketing Challenge.
McCartney was part of a three-person team from the university that competed. The team members were honored as semifinalists for proposing a marketing plan for Fossil’s Smart Q watches among consumers aged 18 to 35. Gary Geissler, professor of marketing at UA Little Rock, advised the team.
The Collegiate ECHO Marketing Challenge is hosted by Marketing EDGE, a national education nonprofit committed to fostering skill-ready, responsive and responsible marketers of the future.
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Several students from Har-Ber High School in Springdale were chosen by the American Legion/Auxiliary of Beely-Johnson Post 139 of Springdale to participate in the 2018 Boys and Girls State from May 27 to June 1. Students included (front row, from left) Breya Reeh, Lucy Lisle, Liza Montgomery, Emily Ruff, (back row) Mason McConnell, Riley Loftin and Ty Kinne. The program was designed to mirror the structure and operation of state government, while providing training in citizenship, leadership and character development. Students were assigned to mythical political parties and campaigned for elections at all levels, including party caucuses and conventions and platform development. Then the students took on the organization and operation of local government units such as county boards, agencies and courts.
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Several students from Springdale High school were chosen by the American Legion/Auxiliary of Beely-Johnson Post 139 of Springdale to participate in the 2018 Boys and Girls State from May 27 to June 1. Students included Josselin Bartolo-Martinez (front row, from left), Stephanie Anaya, (back row) Fletcher Lyons, Talyn Day, Belinda Castillo, Isabelle Escobar, Neftali Sandoval, (not pictured) Ennia Hernandez, McKane Woods and Pedro Barroso. The program was designed to mirror the structure and operation of state government, while providing training in citizenship, leadership and character development. Students were assigned to mythical political parties and campaigned for elections at all levels, including party caucuses and conventions and platform development. Then the students took on the organization and operation of local government units such as county boards, agencies and courts.
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Several students from Shiloh Christian School in Springdale were chosen by the American Legion/Auxiliary of Beely-Johnson Post 139 of Springdale to participate in the 2018 Boys and Girls State from May 27 to June 1. Students included Faith Lymburner (from row, front left), Morgan Himmer, Kate Turpin, Hattie McDonald, Autumn Kennedy, BeBe Houser, Delaney Price, Karlie Ramsey, (back row),Kade Lloyd, Rachel Brooks, Allison Lee, Sarah Dilatush, Madi Darr, Wesley Solomon, John Morrison, Christian Miller, E. Mack Brown, Josh Rhodes, Harrison Williams and Aaron Burns. The program was designed to mirror the structure and operation of state government, while providing training in citizenship, leadership and character development. Students were assigned to mythical political parties and campaigned for elections at all levels, including party caucuses and conventions and platform development. Then the students took on the organization and operation of local government units such as county boards, agencies and courts.
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Several students of Farmington High School participated this summer in Arkansas Boys State, sponsored by the American Legion and its Auxiliary at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Students included (from left) Johnan Mitchell, Seth Horn, Seth Swain and Eric Hill. The program was designed to mirror the structure and operation of state government, while providing training in citizenship, leadership and character development. Students were assigned to mythical political parties and campaigned for elections at all levels, including party caucuses and conventions and platform development. Then the students took on the organization and operation of local government units such as county boards, agencies and courts.
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Several students of Farmington High School participated this summer in Arkansas Girls State, sponsored by the American Legion and its Auxiliary at Harding University in Searcy. Students included (from left) Mary Stewart Beard, Taighton Pettigrew, Kaylee Purifoy, Madison Osnes, Julia Knox and (not pictured) Sydney Boudrey. The program was designed to mirror the structure and operation of state government, while providing training in practical citizenship, leadership and character development. Students were assigned to mythical political parties and campaigned for elections at all levels, including party caucuses and conventions and platform development. Then the students took on the organization and operation of local government units such as county boards, agencies and courts.