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Kelly Reid of Richmond Hill has received the Dean’s Award for academic excellence during the fall 2013 term at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y.
To be eligible for the Dean’s Award, a Colgate student must achieve higher than a 3.30 grade-point average while being enrolled in at least four courses.
Reid is a graduate of Savannah Christian Prep School.
Columbia College
Four students from Richmond Hill made the dean’s list at Columbia College of Missouri for the October-December 2013 and January-March 2014 sessions:
Todd A Demers, Fort Stewart campus; Nicolas A Felts, Fort Stewart campus; Kelli Pack, Hunter Army Airfield campus; and Jonathon K Vereen, Hunter Army Airfield campus, represented Richmond Hill on the list.
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 4-point scale.
La Salle University
Kaylee J. Taillon of Richmond Hill was recently named to the dean’s list at La Salle University of Philadelphia, Pa., for the fall semester. She is a sophomore majoring in nursing.
South Georgia State
Taylor M. Butler of Bryan County was named to the dean’s list at South Georgia State College for the fall 2013 semester.
Students with a semester grade-point average of 3.5 to 3.9 on 12 or more semester hours of study are placed on the dean’s list for that semester.

Graduates

Brenau University
Caitlin Hendry Stitt from Richmond Hill graduated with a Master of Science degree from Brenau University in Gainesville, Fla., in 2013.
Grand Valley State
Rachel N. Huddleston of Pembroke graduated with a Bachelor of Art degree from Grand Valley State University of Allendale Mich., in December 2013.

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RH theater scholarship
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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