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Earn college degrees

The following students have earned bachelor's degrees from Samford University, Birmingham, Ala.:

Augusta -- William Calhoun Chalker , arts; Drew Elise Cockerham , science in nursing; Joseph Martin Echols III , science in business administration; and Jennifer Lynn Wiggins , music.

Recognized by schools

The following area students have been recognized at their schools:

- Amanda Morrell , Augusta, dean's list, spring semester, Immaculata (Pa.) University.

- Faculty honors, spring semester, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta -- Jane Yoon and Harold Rivner , Augusta; and Gloria Sayer , Hephzibah.

- Dean's list, spring term, Furman University, Greenville, S.C. -- Avery E. Bates, Kathryn V. Darracott, Mary C. Hall and Whitney M. Moss , Augusta.