Milestones

Perisa Ashar of Glen Allen, a junior at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, has been named a Distinguished Finalist for Virginia for the Prudential Spirit of Community awards. She is member of Henrico County 4-H and founded "STEMinate," through which she hosts coding, robotics, and chemistry workshops for elementary and middle school students. She also developed a website that includes tutorials on coding and making DIY science kits; she was inspired to start this project after learning about the lack of women and African Americans in STEM fields. Ashar volunteers for Richmond Peace Center, Women of Connections Ministry, MathScience Innovation Center, and Chippenham Hospital. She also won the Virginia State and National Women in Technology Aspirations in Computing Award.

Micah Cohen of Henrico received a gold star for the fall 2019 semester at The Citadel in S.C. Gold stars are awarded to cadets and students who earn a semester grade point average of 3.7 or higher. They are also placed on The Citadel’s dean’s list.

Caroline E. Skoog of Henrico was named to the fall 2019 dean’s list at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.66. Skoog is a senior in the College of Liberal Arts.

Asha Iyer of Henrico was named to the fall 2019 dean’s list at Tufts University in Massachusetts. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 or higher.

The following local students were named to the fall 2019 dean’s list at Furman University in S.C.: Emily Arruda, of Glen Allen; and Hallie Miller and Rohan Halloran, of Henrico. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 or higher.

The following local students were named to the fall 2019 president’s list at James Madison University: Camille Wood, Renessa Rabenda, Reid Christensen, Jared Sturgill, Sophia Garabedian, Samantha Hess, Gabrielle Scarpa, Emma Gentry, Dylan McFarlane, Gordon Miller, Olivia Sigler, Abigail Bittner, Emily Kontos, Thomas Marple, Brooke Pelais, Juhi Patel, Anne Edwards, Hisae Cole, Sarah Roisch, Charles Hines, Hannah Ripley, Rachel Wright, Kalina Gregory, Grace Zacharias and Margaret Rooney, of Glen Allen; and Verenia Gouhar, Kathryn Simkin, Gwyneth Mackey, Madison Whitehurst, Clara Dolin, Erica Glines, Caroline Willhite, Teagan Fenderson, Carly Hayes, Leilani Porter, Ann Allred, Ashley Rice, Corinne Martin, Jo Nae Olds, Alexandra Saunders, Avery Wiley, Sydney Spevak, Amanda Strong, Brittany Bell, Allyson Dods, Corey Coldren, Sarah Eggleston, Julianne Carroll, William Hunter and Allison Edwards, of Henrico. To be eligible for the president’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.900 or higher.

The following local students were named to the fall 2019 dean’s list at James Madison University: Lindsey McKim and Amanda Taylor, of Sandston; Jantsen Wilson, Sarah Salzman, William Campbell, Madison Dalton, Tess Leftwich, Benjamin Stoller, Oliver Collier, Charles Wayland, James Green, John Hanley, Braelyn Chatterjea, Jack Schmitt, Katja Wisch, Sophia Harrison, Ashley Lynch, Abigail Hearn, Megan Essex, Virginia Duley, Anne Berling, Callie Bingen, Molly Lynch, Emily Grigsby, Kaitlin Caesar, Erica Royal, Jordan Lee, Anna Collett, Reagan Richmond, Kaelie Jager, Matea Magnano, Ashley Smith, Vasilis Anastasiou, Kenique Brown, John Peaden, Allison Christino, Cary Keller, Michael Johnson, Charlotte Thornton, Thomas Peery, Sydney Circeo, Molly Bruce, Grace Burnam, Walter Mitchell, Meredith Hynes, Elena Rogers, Stephen Robinson, Akira Hall, Jessica Marks, Jessica Besnier, Parker Aleksa, Margaret Allen, Jordan Womack, Virginia Freeman, Haydn Stevens, Joshua Craig, Sara Moncure, Marin Walters, Meredith Given, Hannah Williams, Jonathan Eissenberg, Adam Basham, Devin Esleck, Hannah Lesniak, Katherine Gilbert, Mary Mumford, Libbie Alexander, Walker Scott, Alana Boykin-Carter, Sureyya Sanchez, Maegan Fort, Karina Poulos, Virginia Carter, Destiny Harris, Truvell Wilson, Kali Lockhart, Remi Williams, Virginia Tyler, Danilo Lemaic, William Bernhardt, Jacob Gottschalk, Adam Ballard, Grace Gore, Sophie Willis, Aidan Fleming, Michael Buncher, Mary Pollard, Brady Wortzel, Elizabeth Payne, Sarina Meltzer, Emily Keeler, Clay Coleman, Emily Zinsser, Brian Carroll, Clara Swartz, John Rowe, Holden Winoker, Peyton O'Donnell and Rachel Holtz, of Henrico; and Kaitlyn Bohn , Mary Callis, Berkeley Ayres, Emily Brayton, Haley Holme, Chris Konstantinidis, Steven Fonner, Andrew Walko, Teresa Yaniga, Katherine Wheeler, Nicole Rizer, Riley Cook, Mary Comerford, Dakari Audain-El, Joselyne Tran, Kaitlyn Steggall, Alden Geipel, Jesslyn Katz, Alexander Sedley, Alexandra Horner, Madeleine Roberts, Hanna Cinella, Jared McBride, Alicia Rexrode, Anjali Suresh, Jon Lafayette, Molly Milwit, Bailey Glasscock, Grace Johnson, Catherine Wilks, Lauren Kern, John Levin, Stephanie Dowdy, Zachari Haverkamp, Amanda Pearce, Kiana Richardson, Lindsay Hundley, Olivia Mazey, Jamie Mears, Brielle Conley, Lauren Springer, Reese Manning, Caroline Kirby, Jessica Pierce, Holly Williams, Whitney Tran, Eunshawn Yang, Mitchell Sasser, Ryan Dotter, Julianne Hulcher, Brendan Wilbur, David Bader, Kathryn Brown, Brianna Lane, Stuart Walker, Kendall Madison, Kiley Cousins, Hunter Venable, Kyle Wittkowski, Zachary Sturgill, Claudia Braswell, Cassidy Baker, Peyton Gemmell, Kelly Wyman, Emily Wells, Aideen Canning, Sarah Chapman, Mary Davis and Sarah Richards, of Glen Allen. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 to 3.899.