Cara Aaron, of Reisterstown, a sophomore at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was named to the dean’s list. Aaron is majoring in trilingual language and communication. She was also honored as resident assistant of the month in November for her leadership.

Rebecca Oring, a senior at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., was named to the dean’s list with highest honors for the fall semester. She is the daughter of Ira and Nancy Oring, of Pikesville.

Jamie Heather Silver, of Owings Mills, has been awarded a bachelor of arts in psychology from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. this month. She will participate in commencement ceremonies in May.

Heather Wight, daughter of Robert Wight, of Crownsville, and Monica Benson of Owings Mills,  recently became one of the first six recipients of Salisbury University’s Henry H. “Buddy” Hanna Memorial Award, for SU legislative interns working in the Maryland General Assembly. A senior political science major, Wight is working with Del. Henry Heller of Montgomery County during the spring legislative session. She was inducted into SU’s Political Science Honor Society in 2008.

The University of Kentucky, in Lexington, has named the following area students to the dean’s list: Kevin
Martin Boskin, a senior from Owings Mills, studying finance in the Gatton College of Business and Economics; Alexandra Rae Glover, a senior from Reisterstown, studying merchandising, apparel and textiles in the College of Agriculture.

The following area students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Vermont in Burlington: Nicole Wilner, of Owings Mills, a senior psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences; Joshua Waranch, of Owings Mills, a junior business administration major in the School of Business Administration.

Area Baltimore County Public Schools students and recent graduates have been awarded prizes through the young Arts Recognition and Talent Search program, coordinated by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Finalists representing Baltimore County Public Schools and the amount of their cash prizes are: Shayna Blank, of Stevenson, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, level III finalist in writing a play or script, $1,000; Becca Goodman, of Owings Mills, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, level I finalist in visual arts, $3,000. Goodman also received honorable mention and merit awards in photography and has been named one of 50 Presidential Scholars in the Arts candidates; Aviva Paley, of Pikesville, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, level II finalist in visual arts, $1,500; Sam Rosen, of Pikesville, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, level II finalist in visual arts, $1,500.

The following county applicants to the Arts Recognition and Talent Search program were recognized with either a $250 honorable mention award or with a $100 merit award: Dani Balenson, of Pikesville, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology,  honorable mention in photography; Laura Koler, of Owings Mills, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, honorable mention in visual arts; Alex Kuhn, of Reisterstown, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, honorable mention in visual arts; Jacqueline Wheeler, of Reisterstown, Franklin High School, honorable mention in photography; Danielle Baer of Reisterstown, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, award of merit in visual arts; Valerie Caplan, of Owings Mills, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, award of merit in short story writing; and Natalie Drutz, of Reisterstown, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, award of merit in visual arts.

Kevin Chow and Nathaniel  Mandelberg, of Pikesville High School, have been nominated as presidential scholars for 2009.

Abhi Motgi and Marisa Wesker, both of Reisterstown, were among 167 fifth-graders nationwide who won top honors for achievement by earning perfect scores in the WordMasters Challenge, a national language arts competition entered by approximately 230,000 students annually. Coached by reading teacher Nancy McFadden, McDonogh School’s fifth-graders tied for first place in the blue division of the Challenge to win the highest honors against 729 school teams.

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