College Goal Sunday schedule

College Goal Sunday will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at John Jay Center for Learning in Portland.
Financial aid professionals will volunteer to help college bound students and their families fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
The FAFSA is required for students to be considered for federal and state grants, loans and scholarships and the deadline to file is March 10.
Parents should bring completed 2013 IRS 1040 tax returns, W-2 Forms and other 2013 income and benefits information. Students who worked in 2013 should also bring their income information.
Students should also apply for their U.S. Department of Education Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) at www.pin.ed.gov before attending College Goal Sunday.
For more information, call the John Jay Center for Learning at (260) 729-5525 or visit www.johnjaycenter.com.

BSU dean’s list
Ball State University named students to the dean’s list for the fall semester.
Portland: Erika Bruggeman, Andrea Buck, Christa Castillo, Ashley Caupp, Carly Cline, Colby Cline, Caleb Culy, Adam Foster, Rose Franklin, Kari Hemmelgarn, Kassi Hemmelgarn, Bradley Horn, Chelsea Hummel, Katie Link, Hannah Lugar, Jordan McBride, Jordan McMillan, Jessica Mills, Cortney Myers, Erica Post, Samantha Rhodehamel and Lydia Rowles.
Pennville: Megan Buschur and Sarah Horn. Bryant: Jennifer Dirksen, Matt James, Parker May, Maria Murphy, Karissa Wellman and Mikayla Wellman.
Redkey: Audrey Hall, Tony Huffman and Jessica Ooten. Ridgeville: Jesse Edwards, Sammantha Logsdon and Chelsi Wall. Geneva: Adrienne Pursley.
Fort Recovery: Emily Bauer, Emily Bihn, Nicole Dilworth, Brandon Froning, Chelsea Pottkotter, Lauren Staugler, Heather Sudhoff, Alexis Sutter and Alex Thien.

Academic honors
Area students earned academic honors at Purdue University for the fall 2013 semester.
Eric Andrew Isch, Geneva; Elizabeth Walker, Andrea Bruggeman and Lindsey Marchal, all from Portland; Derek Thomas Smith, William Tylor Smith and Jill Dirksen, all from Bryant — West Lafayette campus.
Brandon Paul Kloer, Katelyn Elizabeth Simmons, Kelsey Rae Wood, all from Portland; Adam Fullenkamp, Fort Recovery — Fort Wayne campus.  

Graduates
The following students graduated from Ball State University after the fall semester.
Dunkirk: Cheyenne Bowser.
Portland: Christa Castillo, Ryan Fritze, Tracy Laux, James Myers, Colten Sibery, Jessica Smith and Corinne Vormohr.
Redkey: Chelsea Grady.
Bryant: Eric Homan, Darrin Sanderson.
Fort Recovery: Amber Champ, Amanda Puthoff.
Brittany Wendel, Fort Recovery, graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Arts & Sciences with a bachelor of arts degree.
Stephanie Bruggeman, Portland, graduated from Purdue University’s School of Nursing following the fall semester with a bachelor of science degree.

Screenings    
Fort Recovery Local Schools will have kindergarten screenings on Monday, March 3, and Tuesday, March, 4, at the elementary school. Parents should register their children at www.fortrecoveryschools.org and then click on the link http://kgscreening.youcanbook.me on the elementary home page. The deadline to register is Feb. 21. For more information, call Sara Moorman at (419) 375-2768.

Dean’s list
Ericka Lennartz, Hayden Pottkotter, Janelle Schwieterman, Elizabeth Wendel, Danielle Bihn and Sherri Schoenlein, all of Fort Recovery, were named to the fall dean’s list at Rhodes State College in Lima, Ohio.[[In-content Ad]]