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Nicole M. Bridgland, daughter of Dr. Michael and Donna Bridgland of Millersville, has been named to the Grinnell College spring dean's list.

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Samford University has named Evelyn Christina Stagnaro of Annapolis to the spring dean's list.

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Bjoern H. Weidlich of Grasonville has been named to second honors on the Clark University spring dean's list. The Key School graduate is an economics major.

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Kevin Patrick Rausch, son of Michael and Mary Rausch of Annapolis, has recently graduated cum laude from Towson University with a bachelor of science degree in music education. He is a 2003 graduate of St. Mary's High School.

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Will Ewing of Crofton won national recognition in the 2008 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards National Ceremony held at Carnegie Hall in New York. The contest is held by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.

An eighth-grade student at St. Andrew's United Methodist Day School in Edgewater, he created a detailed contour self-portrait with descriptive words, and he placed in the top 1 percent of 100,000 works that were initially submitted to the contest from all over the country.

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SkillsUSA awarded the following area students as national winners in the 2009 Championship at the National Leadership and Skills Conference:

Trevor Siegert of Mayo, and a student at Center of Applied Technology South, was awarded the high school bronze medal in technical computer applications and a Skill Point Certificate.

Kevin Steers of Crofton, and a student at Center of Applied Technology South, was awarded a Skill Point Certificate in sheet metal.

Kyle Weissner of Gambrills, and a student at Center of Applied Technology North, was awarded a Skill Point Certificate in automotive refinishing technology.

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Christos Pelekanos of Annapolis was named to the spring dean's list at Frostburg State University. He earned a 4.0 grade-point average.

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Patrick M. Ott of Odenton was named to the spring Commendable Scholar list at Mitchell College in Connecticut.

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Amy Claire Crout, daughter of Randy and Karen Crout of Arnold, received a Presidential Scholarship from Campbell University in North Carolina. The Annapolis Area Christian School graduate was active in student government, the National Honor Society, softball and volleyball.

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Salisbury University named the following area students to the spring dean's list:

Annapolis: Ashley Abramuk, Christopher Brady, Chatea Coates, Jeffrey Dawson, Virginia Huston, Sarah Maggio, Colleen Mulvanity, Patrick Niles, Kathryn O'Brian, Bernard Parker, Sally Paz Y Mino, Ashley Ricker, Jeremy Riffle, Errol Silva, Carlie Slenk and Matthew Williams.

Arnold: Mallory Connor, Lauren Demarco, Danielle Lieb, Katherine McDermott, Teresa McDermott, Emily Phebus, Rebekah Pool and Benjamin Reed.

Churchton: Lisa Henegar and Nicole Sesso.

Crofton: Emily Bickford, Robert Cogdell, Justin Homonai, Andrea Lynn, Travis Mahaffey, Matthew Ng, Allison Ose, Alexis Parsons, Kathie Schmidt, Kristen Wahl and Franklin Withers.

Crownsville: Richard Devine, Virginia Gambrell, Rachel Ploor, Steven Reddick and Wyatt Unger.

Davidsonville: Casey Baker, Anthony Catucci and Kelly Dunn.

Edgewater: Sarah Bunch, Emily Capone, Sarah Cassidy, Kendall Gilliam, Sarah Griffith, James Tucker and Lawrence Ulvila.

Gambrills: Kristen Manion and Allison Tomlinson.

Millersville: Kristen Dixon, Rebecca Firor, Benjamin Galdi, Jennifer Graziani, Zachary Holbrook, Sara Lycett, Mark Priebe, Lauren Ryan, Nicole Thompson and Melissa White.

Pasadena: Kristen Adamski, Lindsay Bacon, Eric Bellarin, Richard Betzel, Michelle Birmingham, Amber Carnes, Steven Diaz, Joseph Galloway, Aftyn Garvin, Jessica Hicks, Megan Huffman, Katie Ochs, Stacie Richardson, Jennifer Schellhaas and Jennifer Sullivan.

Severna Park: Jessica Edwards, Samantha Klenkel, Jennifer Lange, Christopher Larkin, Jeremy Latimer, Angela Rawlinson, Jacob Rogers, Laura Smith, Amy Tewell, Heather Timerman, Elizabeth Tollett, Caitlin Tyler and Lindsay Warwick.

Shady Side: Marianne Gibson and Katherine Dempsey.

Tracys Landing: Stephanie Hill, Barbara Kenney and Daniel Youmans.