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Valdosta State: Ten students from Bryan County earned spots on the Valdosta State University dean’s list for the spring 2012 semester:

Pembroke — Madison Llewellyn Smith.

Richmond Hill — Ariana Alexandra Bryant, Hollee Nicole Eastwood, Liam Anton Gillis, John E. Phifer, Mollie Abigail Riggins, Jennifer Ann St. Aubin, James Turner Stanberry, Kylee Ann Thrash and Kaitlin Deanna White.

Columbia College: Seven students from Richmond Hill were named to the Columbia College dean’s list for the January and March eight-week sessions.

The students are: Russell B. Carpenter, Roderick J. Johnson, Brian G. Mann, Michael C. McQuillan, Renthia Y. Richardson, Nicolette M. Shields and Charlie J. Stokes.

To be named to the dean’s list, a student must have completed 12 semester hours in a 16-week period and achieved a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 on a four-point scale.

Oxford College: Anna Bausum of Richmond Hill was named to the honor list of Oxford College of Emory University for the 2012 spring semester.

Students must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher to be named to the honor list.

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Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer shows her Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. With her are Tom Harris, Ashlee Farris, Brett Berry and Kim Diebold. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016. - photo by Photo provided.

Three reports recently presented scholarships

Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer received the Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016.

Garden Club

The Richmond Hill Garden Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Katherine Wood and a $500 scholarship to Carly Vargas, both seniors graduating from Richmond Hill High School.

The awards were presented May 8 during Honors Night at RHHS.

Wood plans to attend Green Mountain College in Vermont and major in environmental studies.

Vargas plans to attend Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, to pursue a degree in either environmental studies or biology.

The garden club awards a $1,000 scholarship annually to a local high school senior who plans to major in a field related to environmental concerns, plants and/or gardening.

This year, due to having two exceptional candidates, the garden club awarded an additional $500 scholarship.

Exchange Club

The Exchange Club of Richmond Hill recently named Caroline Odom as its student of the year.

The club each month during the school year names a student of the month, and the student of the year is chosen from among those winners.

Awards are based on academic performance, community involvement and leadership.

Monthly winners receive $100, with the annual winner getting a $1,000 scholarship.

The Exchange Club has been recognizing students for more than 30 years.

Odom will go on to compete in the Georgia District Exchange Club against students from across the state.

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