Roy C. Ketcham Senior High School

McDaniel College's College Band Concert is Friday, December 7, 7 p.m. The performance, which is free and open to the public, takes place in WMC Alumni Hall at 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. Under the direction of Linda Kirkpatrick, senior lecturer in music, the College Band Concert features musical selections from classical to pops. The band features more than 60 students, McDaniel alumni, and community musicians, as well as McDaniel music faculty members Mark Lortz and Jon Seligman. Selections include "The Boys of Wexford" by Robert Dwyer Joyce and arranged by Sammy Nestico, "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson, "Farandole" (from "L'Arlesienne") by Georges Bizet, Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta" by Clifton Williams and "Sacred Heart" by Jay Bocook. The concert also features three pieces conducted by McDaniel students, including Victor Herbert's "March of the Toys/Toyland," Andre Jutrus' "C'est Noel (It is Christmas)," and Franz Gruber's "Stille Nacht." Among the students performing are:

Several students from our area are in their first semester as Blue Hens at the University of Delaware, including:

The following local residents were named to the Dean's List at the State University of New York at New Paltz for the Spring 2012 semester.

The following local residents are among the 1,791 students who earned undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates of advanced study as members of the Class of 2012 at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY:

The following local residents are among more than 1,000 students who recently received undergraduate degrees from the State University of New York at New Paltz:

The following local resident's are among the 1,423 students who earned Dean's List honors for the spring 2012 semester at SUNY Oneonta. To qualify for the Dean's List, undergraduate students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 semester hours or more.

Several local students were recently named to the President's List at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. Each fall and spring term, the college's President's List honors those students who have a term grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0. Local students include:

The following students graduated from the University of New Hampshire during the Commencement Ceremony held Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Durham, N.H. Students who received the honor of Summa Cum Laude graduated with a GPA of 3.7-4.0; students who received the honor of Magna Cum Laude graduated with a GPA of 3.50-3.69; and students who received the honor of Cum Laude graduated with a GPA of 3.2-3.49.

The State University of New York at New Paltz will hold the May 2012 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 20 at 10 a.m. on the Old Main Quadrangle. This year, there are more than 1,900 undergraduate degrees being conferred. There will be 1,291 undergraduate candidates participating in the ceremonies who will celebrate their achievements in the presence of their family and friends. Danielle Brown (Merrick, N.Y.) was selected as this year's valedictorian. Brown will deliver a short speech to her fellow graduates during the ceremony. Corinna L. Ridgeway (Port Crane, N.Y.) is the salutatorian. Ridgeway, who also has a 4.0 GPA, will receive her Bachelor of Science degree in biology with a cell and molecular concentration. This ceremony recognizes degrees granted in August and December 2011 and the May 2012 candidates. The following local residents are among more than 1,200 students to participate in the May 2012 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony:

More than 200 students from The Crane School of Music at The State University of New York at Potsdam will make their collective Lincoln Center debut on May 1 in a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's monumental Messa da Requiem under the baton of Ann Howard Jones. In celebration of the 125th anniversary of SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music, the entire Crane Chorus and members of the Crane Symphony Orchestra will travel to New York City for the Avery Fisher Hall concert. The Crane Chorus roster includes:

The College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., today announced that the following local residents were among 848 students named to the Dean's List for the fall 2011 semester:

Several local students were recently named to the President's List at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. Each fall and spring term, the college's President's List honors those students who have a term grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0. Local students include:

The following local residents are among more than 500 students who recently received undergraduate degrees from the State University of New York at New Paltz:

The following local residents were named to the Dean's List at the State University of New York at New Paltz for the Fall 2011 semester.

The following local students are among the 765 students who entered Colgate University this fall as members of the Class of 2015:

The following local residents are among more than 200 students who recently received graduate degrees from the State University of New York at New Paltz:

The College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., today announced that the following local residents were among 774 students named to the Dean's List for the spring 2011 semester:

The following local residents were named to the dean's list at the State University of New York at New Paltz for the Fall 2009 semester.

The following local residents were named to the dean's list at the State University of New York at New Paltz for the spring 2009 semester.

The following residents earned undergraduate degrees from the State University of New York at New Paltz:

NEW PALTZ - The following local residents were named to the dean's list at the State University of New York at New Paltz for the fall 2008 semester: