Milestones

Ally Dods and Mackenzie Meadows of Henrico will take part in James Madison University’s production of Green Day’s American Idiot Feb. 19-24. They will join Broadway actress and guest director Nancy Anderson and a cast of 34 theatre, music and musical theatre students in producing this two-time Tony Award-winning musical. With a book by Michael Mayer and Billie Joe Armstrong (the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Green Day), the show is like an elongated music video with fewer scenes and lines and more imagery and movement. The musical tackles the issues of politics and addiction in the post-9/11 Bush administration. Dods is majoring in musical theatre. Meadows is majoring in musical theatre with a minor in dance.

The following local students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at Clemson University: Matthew Tate Davis, Anna L. Davis, Grace Danielle Malla and Justin Penza Terrell, of Glen Allen; and Callie Conway Borges, Charles Mcclain Graeber, Jane E. Holsten and Kathryn Nicholas Surgner, of Henrico. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.50 for the semester.

The following students from Henrico County were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn.: Margaret Ingram Legro, Elizabeth Campbell Spilman, Mallory Lane Bedell and Anna Kristine Hubbard. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.625 for the semester.

Jacob Lawson of Henrico was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at Emory & Henry College in Virginia. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a minimum 3.6 grade point average for the semester.

Kamran Jiwani of Henrico graduated in December from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Jiwani earned a master of science in computer science.

De’Juan Harrison of Henrico was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at Georgia State University in Atlanta. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the semester.

Clara Giorgis, a graduate of Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.7 or above. Giorgis, a sophomore Russian and international studies major, is the daughter of Daniel and Ryan Giorgis of Henrico.

The following area students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at James Madison University: Dezarae Murchison, of Highland Springs; Nicholas Alouf, Dakari Audain-El, Adam Basham, Abigail Bittner, Claudia Braswell, Emily Brayton, Elizabeth Brown, Aideen Canning, Sarah Chapman, Sarah Colyer, Mary Comerford, Samantha Conner, Matthew Crawford, Mitchell Crenshaw, Mary Davis, Marissa DiBuccio, Ryan Dotter, Stephanie Dowdy, Sydney Marie Escobar, Jennifer Faillace, Eric Fenske, Logan Frostick, Emma Gentry, Bailey Halloran, Danielle Handschuh, Meghan Hodges, Haley Holme, Christopher Hughes, Jessica Kegley, Caroline Laibstain, Brianna Lane, Emily LaPlante, Kendall Madison, Ryan Madison, Reese Manning, Tyler Matthews, Joshua Melton, Adam Miller, Gordon Miller, Micah Moss-Jackson, Nicolas Nettemeyer, Allyson Parlantieri, Juhi Patel, Amanda Pearce, Mackenna Pfeffer, Jessica Pierce, Joanna Pottle, Renessa Rabenda, Sarah Richards, Emily Robertson, Sarah Roisch, Margaret Rooney, Lindsay Rose, Hailey Samford, Gabrielle Scarpa, Grant Schowalter, Meghan Schultz, Tyler Shupack, Brooke Sindelar, Erin Townsend, Whitney Tran, Cameron von Kannewurff, Stuart Walker, Andrew Walko, Rachel Walsh, Katherine Wheeler, Holly Williams, Rachel Wright and Grace Zacharias, of Glen Allen; and Matthew Baka, Kelly Baxter, Jordan Bourgeois, Parker Boxley, Julianne Carroll, Carly Chisholm, Chelsea Dabney, Mikaela DePonte, Meredith Given, Hailey Gutzmer, Navia Higgins, Sophia Him, Kaelie Jager, Rebecca Kyle, Tess Leftwich, Hannah Lesniak, Benjamin Lynch, Zachary Mantlo, Blair McLarin, Kyra McMahon, Maya Perez, Kamalita Rajagopalan, Caroline Reardon, Ashley Rice, Santiago Salas, Sarah Salzman, Benjamin Stoller, Sara Tran, Emma Valerie, Madison Whitehurst, Sydney Wicks, John Williams, Brittany Bell, Lindsey Blanchetti, Josephine Brown, Molly Bruce, Grace Burnam, Kaitlin Caesar, Emily Campbell, Thomas Carr, Braelyn Chatterjea, Allison Christino, Jacqueline Clarke, Benjamin Coates, Joshua Craig, Megan Crews, William D'Surney, James Dalton, Madison Dalton, Allison Edwards, Devin Esleck, Quinlan Firment, Jonathan Fogg, Lori Friend, Tristan Frye, Emmanuelle Garcia, Melissa Geissbuehler, Christopher Gothard, Henry Haas, John Hanley, Sophia Harrison, Keefer Hensel-Smith, William Hunter, Mary Kardos, Trina Lam, Felisha Lawrence, Sumner Levenson, Ashley Lynch, Gwyneth Mackey, Jacqueline Martel, Olivia Massie, Jenna McMahon, Ross Metcalf, Grace Moncure, Sara Moncure, Tamia Morris, Mary Mumford, Townley Neal, Robert O'Neill, Dionna Parker, Bryson Parsons, Megan Phillips, Taylor Phillips, Leilani Porter, Sarah Pumphrey, Blake Quinn, Sara Rebman, Taylor Ricks, Henry Robinson, Taylor Robinson, Sureyya Sanchez, Justin Schwarz, Walker Scott, Bladen Sisk, Rachel Staib, Francis Straub, Charlotte Thornton, Joseph Ungerleider, Claire Weidhaas, Peyton White, Caroline Willhite, Katja Wisch and Taylor Zabinsky, of Henrico. To earn dean’s list recognition, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 to 3.899.

Melanie Raff of Henrico was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky. The dean’s list recognizes students who earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester. Raff is a freshman Elementary Education, UG major who previously attended Midlothian High School.

Jette Fox of Glen Allen was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at the University of Maine. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

The following local students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2018 semester at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York: Spencer Josi, of Glen Allen; and Franklin Pugh and Rena Chen, of Henrico. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.400 for the semester.