• Joseph Anthony Piasta of Tyrone has been named to the dean's list at Wake Forest University for the fall 2006 semester. Students who achieve a 3.0 or higher grade point average were named to the list. He is the son of John and Monica Piasta and a 2003 graduate of McIntosh High School.

• Glenn Paul Goorsky of Peachtree City has been named to the president’s list at Lenoir-Rhyne College for the fall 2006 semester. Qualifying students for the president's list must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 or better on a 4.0 scale, provided the student carried at least 12 hours of letter-graded courses. Established in 1891, Lenoir-Rhyne College is a private, coeducational college located in Hickory, N.C. It is affiliated with the N.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is open to students from all religious backgrounds.

• The following local students were recently named to Auburn University's dean's list for the fall 2006 semester: Kyle Alan Perry of Fayetteville, a junior enrolled in AU's College of Business; Ashley Lynn Copeland of Fayetteville, a freshman enrolled in AU's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering; Ryan T. Griggs of Fayetteville, a sophomore enrolled in AU's College of Liberal Arts; Abigail Patricia Holloway of Fayetteville, a senior enrolled in AU's College of Liberal Arts; Courtney A. Burch of Fayetteville, a sophomore enrolled in AU's School of Nursing; Eric A. Jackson of Fayetteville, a sophomore enrolled in AU's College of Sciences and Mathematics; Eric Antony Van Hecke of Peachtree City, a sophomore enrolled in AU's College of Business; Marc Brian Risik of Peachtree City, a senior enrolled in AU's College of Liberal Arts; Jeffrey Michael Schortmann of Peachtree City, a sophomore enrolled in AU's College of Liberal Arts; Kristin Michelle Cera of Peachtree City, a sophomore enrolled in AU's College of Sciences and Mathematics; Anne-Marie Claire Hodge of Peachtree City, a sophomore enrolled in AU's College of Sciences and Mathematics; Sara J. Harper of Tyrone, a freshman enrolled in AU's College of Business; and Julie M. Grant of Tyrone, a freshman enrolled in AU's School of Nursing. Located in Auburn, Ala., Auburn University is a top-50 ranked public university that has provided instruction, research and outreach to benefit the state and nation for more than 150 years. AU has more than 214,000 alumni, and provides 130 degree options to nearly 23,500 graduate and undergraduate students.