Washington and Lee University
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 or their class or have successfully passed the write-on 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.
Colgate University
Mason Jones of Holiday Island, a 2018 graduate of of the Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., earned the spring 2018 dean's award for academic excellence, with a grade-point average of 3.3 or higher.
Bethel University
Susan Morales of Fort Smith is a summer 2018 graduate of Bethel University in McKenzie, Tenn., with a bachelor of science in organizational leadership.
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 grade-point 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 a 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.
Westminster College
Axel Izaguirre-Garcia, a senior from Gravette, was named a Student Ambassador at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. Mason Evers of Bentonville was chosen as president of the organization.
Student Ambassadors complete close to 400 hours of work by hosting, attending and supporting events. They serve as greeters and assist at receptions and alumni events and lead special campus events. Selection for ambassadors includes a attending a mixer, an application packet and two rounds of interviews.
Bentonville High School
Holly Howard, a Bentonville High School teacher, was chosen to participate in the 2018 National Gallery of Art teacher institute on storytelling and the visual arts held last month in Washington, D.C.
During the six-day seminar, K-12 educators explored the connection between storytelling and learning and how to integrate the two in the classroom. Each teacher told his own story through the process of making a short film.
Farm Bureau
The Washington County Farm Bureau awarded 15 $1,000 college scholarships to incoming freshmen at its July 26 board meeting. Students included Katherine McConnell of Prairie Grove, Baylie Lanier of Prairie Grove, Laney Roebke of West Fork, Hollie Webb of Lincoln, Elizabeth Berner, Sagely Burnett, Sierra Burnett, Paul Cole, Sara Cunningham, Katie Gardner, Sara Gardner, Alex Henry, Jordan Horn, Billy Zeke Laird and Abby Simco.
NAN Our Town on 08/16/2018