BATON ROUGE, La. — Christiana Chmielewski of Harrisville was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Chmielewski is pursuing a degree in Anthropology at Syracuse University.

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Aden Dressler, an eighth grade student at Butler Junior High School, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee and a chance at a $50,000 college scholarship. The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 27th annual National Geographic Bee.

Nationwide, the school champions, including Aden Dressler, will now take a written test; up to 100 of the top scorers on that test in each state will then be eligible to compete in their state Bee in March.

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MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Jeffrey Kopaniasz of Cranberry Township participated in the Marquette University fall Students Taking Active Roles (STAR) program.

The program focuses on the information and skills necessary for effective leadership.

He is a freshman and studying nursing at the university.