School briefs

NPC campus closed for Independence Day

National Park College will be closed Tuesday in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

The college will resume normal business hours on Wednesday.

Classes begin Wednesday for summer session two. Registration is still open.

ASU board approves tuition increase

NEWPORT — The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees recently approved budgets, tuition rates and capital projects for the 2017-18 academic year, as well as the appointment of Kelly Damphousse as the next chancellor of the Jonesboro campus.

ASU System President Chuck Welch said a 3.4 percent rise in combined tuition and fees for the flagship Jonesboro campus this fall will be “in the middle of the pack” among university increases in Arkansas. A-State will continue to rank fifth in cost to attend this fall with an increase of $278 to $8,478 annually.

Welch noted ASU System students pay, on average, 54 percent of tuition and fees rates because of federal grants, state scholarships and grants, institutional scholarships and discounts and athletics scholarships. This year’s freshmen paid an average of 29 percent of the cost of tuition and fees. Only 12 percent paid the full cost.

Tuition and fee increases

at the system’s two-year institutions will be 1.7 percent at ASU-Beebe and ASU-Mountain Home, 3.1 percent at ASU MidSouth in West Memphis and 3.6 percent at ASU-Newport.

WoodmenLife chapter presents donation

MOUNTAIN PINE — Briget Maner, of WoodmenLife Chapter 6005, recently visited Mountain Pine Elementary School to present a donation of $500 to Principal Toby Crosby.

The donation was provided for elementary school supplies.

ASMSA instructor earns Georgia Tech degree

ATLANTA, Ga. — Nick Seward, of Hot Springs, recently earned a Master of Science in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Seward was among around 3,800 undergraduate and graduate students who received degrees during Georgia Tech’s 253rd Commencement exercises on May 5-6 at the McCamish Pavilion.

Bell, Greer inducted into leadership honor society

MAGNOLIA — Milaya Bell and Christian Greer were among 57 students at Southern Arkansas University inducted into the National Society of Leadership and Success during the spring semester.

Bell, of Malvern, is a sophomore Management major.

Greer, of Pearcy, is a graduate of Lake Hamilton High School. He is a sophomore PreHealth Professional Biochemistry major.

FLCHS alum earns spot on Mo. Valley dean’s list

MARSHALL, Mo. — Fountain Lake Charter High School alum Deidra McCoy earned her place on the spring semester dean’s list at Missouri Valley College.

Diane Bartholomew, vice president of academic affairs, recently announced the spring honors. The requirements for the dean’s list are a 3.3 or higher grade-point average, at least 12 graded hours for the semester, and no “D,” “F” or “Incomplete” grades for the semester.

McCoy is majoring in Exercise Science.

Lakeside alum competes in cheerleading nationals

MAGNOLIA — Lakeside High School alum Lauren Irwin traveled this semester with the Southern Arkansas University Mulerider cheerleaders to compete in the NCAA Division II Cheerleading College Nationals.

Irwin is a freshman Physical Education, Wellness and Leisure major. She was part of a troupe of 17 SAU cheerleaders to participate.

The squad placed third in the Challenge Cup to rank ninth in the nation in the Division II Intermediate All-Girls category.

LHHS alum again makes Iowa State dean’s list

AMES, IOWA — Lake Hamilton High School graduate Alyssa Powell was among more than 8,700 students at Iowa State University recognized for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester on the dean’s list.

Students must earn a gradepoint average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours of grade course work to earn the distinction.

Powell is a senior Criminal Justice Studies major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.