COLUMBIA – The University of Missouri – Columbia has released the names of students who achieved Dean’s List honors for the Spring 2011 semester. Stoddard County students included on the lists include:

Advance
· Rebecca Suzanne Cox, Junior, Health Professions

Bloomfield
· Megan B Bischof, Senior, Arts & Science

Dexter
· Sarah Elizabeth Jackson, Sophomore, Arts & Science
· Garrett Colin McKuin, Junior, Arts & Science
· Leigh Alexandra Yorke, Junior, Arts & Science

Essex
· Leah Diane Wheeler, Senior, Health Professions

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Summertime is not a quiet time at Three Rivers, with the college reporting students are taking more summer classes than ever before at the Southeast Missouri community college.

The Three Rivers Office of Student Success reports a more than 20 percent increase in credit hour enrollment over summer session 2010, from 9,061 to 10,947 credit hours. Over 1,600 students are currently enrolled in summer classes, an increase of several hundred over previous years.

Registration is still open for the summer B session, which begins July 5.

“Students are staying in school during the summer partially because they have more money to use for their education,” said Vice President for Student Success Jason Hoseney.

“This is the last summer that students can take advantage of the law President Obama signed that allows students to apply for Pell grants during the summer semester, just as they would in fall and spring. Students are basically getting 150 percent more money than they would before the law went into effect. “

Hoseney said that in addition, students from other colleges have come home to Southeast Missouri and are taking the opportunity to complete additional credits at a lower cost, and transferring them back to their regular institutions.

“More and more students are discovering that we offer many of the same classes here as most universities, at a fraction of the cost,” said Hoseney. “I think we will continue to see many more students take advantage of enrolling at their local community college during the summer.”

Summer headcount has also increased, by almost 15 percent. Since 2009, summer credit hour enrollment has increased by over half.

Registration is also currently open for the regular Fall 2011 semester, as well as the new “Augmester” period. Like “Maymester,” “Augmester” is an abbreviated academic session that will allow students to complete up to five credit hours online and in the classroom over approximately a week and a half in early August.

Students interested in classes at TRC may call (573) 840-9665 for more information, or visit trcc.edu.

A number of Stoddard County students were among the more than 2,400 students named to the Dean’s List at Southeast Missouri State University for the spring 2011 semester.

Students named to the list earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and completed at least 12 degree credit hours during the spring session.

Stoddard County students include:

ADVANCE
Hannah M. Barr, Rachel L. Birkman, Craig S. Bock, Karen E. Holman, Blake A. Lingle, Alan D. Long, Sara L. Mace, Kayla N. Moore, Richard L. Nixon, Leigh A. Rhodes, Sarah K. Rodgers, Michelle L. Schrader, Sarah A. Wiseman

BELL CITY
Mackenzie R. Scherer

BERNIE
Jennifer K. Brown, Christen E. Clary, Justin R. Curtis, Amber L. King, Gale D. Slinkard,, Olivia K. Snider, Cynthia G. Williams

BLOOMFIELD
Ron Bowling, Heather N. Chasteen, Ashley N. Goodin, Rachel K. Hankins, Kristin L. Jarrell, Cody L. McKenna, Cynthia O'Neal, Darlene F. Schott, Stephen A. Willard

BROWNWOOD
Emily R. Johns

DEXTER
Danielle L. Bateman, Hunter A. Bruce, Berry J. Burge, Molly J. Burleson, Mallory D. Crow, Andrea Duncan , Dorothy Ellison, Macy A. Ellsworth , Lindsay M. Felker, Brittney Gant, Nicole L. Garner, Joseph A. Geuin, Rebecca D. Geuin,, Betsy K. Griffin, Hunter S. Hartline, Victoria N. Hockman, Sara B. Holloway, Clifton A. Hux , Kerri M. Lane, Donna J. Lefler, Marie D. Marquis, Matthew T. Miller , Benjamin D. Mills, Mason P. Noe, Thad M. Owens, Caitlin B. Parker , Taylor R. Parker, Ashley N. Riddle , Jessica L. Satterfield, Tareesa L. Skinne, Amy Spratt, Sarah Stinson, Andrew W. Sweeney, Jamie L. Wilburn, Johnna M. Williamson

DUDLEY
Kendra N. Rinehart

ESSEX
Christine Farrah, BettyJo A. Hux, Carros L. Shidler, Ashley L. Watson

PUXICO
David H. Crain, Laura L. Harp, Jesse P. Holloway, Justin F. Townsend

Students at Dexter's T.S. Hill Middle School were recognized for academic, leadership and sportsmanship success during the school's Awards Program.

Principal Roger Alsup presided at the evening program. He began the evening by recognizing three educators who were retiring at the end of the academic year - Mrs. MaryRuth Boone, middle school and high school choir; Mrs. Kaye Blankenship,middle school special services; and rs. Joanne Mangum, middle school reading.

Faculty awards were presented in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade by faculty members, and Mrs. Nancy Langley, school counselor, announced the names of eighth grade students receiving the President's Education Award.

Mrs. Angie Duncan, assistant principal and school athletic director, presented the Sportsmanship Awards to eighth grade students Austin Aldridge and Kathryn Reiker.

Bill Miranda, Commander of the Kenady-Hanks American Legion Post 59, presented the American Legion/Faculty Merit Wards to Brooks Probst and Honey Patel.

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A Dexter graduate has received a scholarship to attend Missouri State University in Springfield.

Nate Watkins has received the Board of Governors Scholarship to attend MSU in the fall.

Nate is a 2011 graduate of Dexter High School and is the son of Angela and Mike Watkins of Dexter. Nate also received the Missouri Bright Flight Scholarship, Dexter Bearcat Booster Club Scholarship, and the Regional Healthcare Foundation Scholarship.

To be eligible for the Missouri State University Board of Governors Scholarship, students must score 28 on the ACT and be in the top 10 percent of their high school class or have a 3.9 grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale.

Missouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system in Springfield with a mission in public affairs, whose purpose is to develop educated persons. The University is committed to achieving five major goals: democratizing society, incubating new ideas, imagining Missouri’s future, making Missouri’s future and modeling ethical and effective behavior as a public institution.