Clarke County School District Superintendent Philip D. Lanoue has been named the 2015 AASA National Superintendent of the Year. The announcement was made at the National Conference on Education.

Rinaldi Alphonse of Palmetto has been named to the Fall 2014 Dean's List at the University of South Carolina Upstate.

Senior Connections, a nonprofit provider of essential home and community-based care, named Juanita Baranco, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Baranco Automotive Group, as recipient of its 2015 Community Connections Award.

Elizabeth Vermillion of Roswell, a senior in the Heider College of Business, was recently named to the Creighton University Dean's List for fall 2014.

Connie Engel, a partner with Childress Klein Properties, who is responsible for the development and leasing of the Atlanta Galleria Office Park in Cobb County, was recently named to the inaugural Hall of Fame class for the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University.

Miatta Sicarr, sophomore business administration major from Lawrenceville, has been named to the Culver-Stockton College Dean's List.

Dotun Famakinwa, a professional engineer with Burns & McDonnell, has been named to this year's 'Top 20 Under 40' regional lists by Engineering News-Record, a top trade publication

Mount Pisgah Christian School senior Connor Ford recently was recognized at the Georgia Youth Leadership Awards as a budding entrepreneur.

Shawna Currie-King, a resident of Lithonia, graduated from Walsh University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management.

Dominique Shore of Suwanee has been named to Dean's List at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo.

Snellville Det. Chris Alford recently was given the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Servant Award for Law Enforcement. The 47-year-old detective is a retired Navy veteran and has been a Snellville police officer since 2013.

Evelyn Morse of Dunwoody, Analia Briceno-Gutierrez of Mcdonough and Dustin Schroeder of Watkinsville have been named to the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology

Evangelista Barylski of Marietta, Benjamin Gallegos of Kennesaw, Michael Maxey and Ariel Shonk of Atlanta have made the Dean's List at the University of Delaware.