Honored by sorority

The following people have been recognized by Phi Chi chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc.:

Victoria Burt , Belvedere, Nurse of the Year; Angie O'Bryant , Unsung Hero of the Year; Public Relations/Newsletter, Committee of the Year; Kay Roland , Spotlighter of the Quarter; Miriam Morris, Merriom Hashim and Brandi Mauldin , Neophyte Excellence Award.

Years of service awards -- Bernice Bogan , five; Gwendolyn Taylor and Barbara Eldridge 15; Caroline Lee, Gwendolyn Smith, MaeDella Perry and Willa Mitchell , 20; and Essie Bryant , 25.

College recognition

The following area people have been recognized at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C.:

President's list -- Caitlin Batchelor , Salley; and Peggy Busbee and Thomas Lockett , Aiken.

Dean's list -- Amanda Lewis, Anthony Shank, Megan Bruns, Tiffany Carter, Melissa Edington, Jonathan Sharpe, Crystal Tyler, Robert Thornsberry and Lindsay Pritchard , Aiken; Larry Cunningham and Stephen Lanham , Edgefield; Paul Jackson and Sydnei Moss , North Augusta; and Ashton Williams , Wagener.

Education grant

Public Education Partners, Aiken County's Education Foundation, has been awarded a $20,952 grant from the Gregg-Graniteville Foundation to construct a new Synergistic Modules Lab at the Leavelle McCampbell Middle School, Aiken County.

Gets alumni award

Paul M. Bertsch , of Aiken, director of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory at the University of Georgia, has been awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award for the Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences by the Alumni Association of Virginia Technical College, Blacksburg.

Gets tennis grant

Chelsea Whitehurst , of Aiken, has received the Eve Kraft Education & College Scholarship for $2,500 from the United States Tennis Association Tennis and Education Foundation.

Pupils recognized

The following student were recognized as Good Citizens for May at Greendale Elementary, New Ellenton:

Alvernea Stewart, Maci Mobley, Brennon Mikell, Blythe McCoy, Chazz White, Mandrell Garrick, Timeshia Wright, Cameron Jackson, Logan Brock, Aaron Webb, Kaitlyn Rihel, Ashleigh Yaun, Christina Henley, Teswain Dandridge, Omar Zambrano, Jada Perry, Jennifer Ruiz, Kayla Scarborough and Kayla Koon .

Super Special Students in Special Areas -- Jaquan Rouse-Staley and Amadeus Gay , Music; Sorelle Campbell and Myles Corbitt , Art; and Samantha Pruett , Library.

Teacher honored

Ginger Dunker , of Aiken, has been selected as the High School Teacher of Excellence for 2008-09 by the South Carolina Council of Teachers of English.