Mary Braden Murphy of Atlanta has been named to the dean's list at Champlain College for spring 2015.

Joseph Braun of Kennesaw has been named to the dean's list at Roane State Community College for the spring 2015 semester.

Davis James Uhlig, Kennesaw; Shawn Evan Backstrom and Caitlyn Dubose Youngblood, Lawrenceville; Joshua Tyler Wade, Lithia Springs; Danielle Dominique Cannady, Lithonia; Michelle Dakota Kuntz, Mableton; Claire Lindsay Church, Elizabeth Ashlyn Ethridge and Caroline Kirk Harrison, Marietta; and Danielle Marie Preskitt, McDonough graduated from Clemson University.

Ariel Rivera of Atlanta graduated from Providence College.

Sammy Parker of Johns Creek had a poem selected for online publication.

Chantrise Sims-Holliman of Westlake High School has been named a finalist for the 2015 Fishman Prize for Superlative Classroom Practice.

Erika Evans of Commerce received a Fulbright scholarship.

Bailey Wilson of Allatoona High School was selected to play in the 2015 Brine National Lacrosse Classic.

Keith Berryhill, Jack Henderson, Stacy Anne Hoehle, Thomas Pilliod, and Phillip White of Atlanta competed in the Modern Pentathlon National Championship.

April Conway of Conyers was sworn in the U.S. Department of State as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer.

Candace Hill of Rockdale County High School was named the 2014-15 Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

Catherine Benedict and Rahil Kamath of The Westminster Schools won second place in the 2015 National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest.