Briefly

Local students earn scholarships

Ashlee Long of Sedgewickville, Missouri, is a winner of the Military Police Regimental Association's Scholarship Program. Long is a nursing major at Southeast Missouri State University.

Whitney Welker, a junior at Southeast Missouri State University, was awarded the Southeast Missouri District Fair Foundation Educational Scholarship. Welker, of Patton, Missouri, is a graduate of Meadow Heights High School and is a public-relations major at Southeast.

Gage Hahs, a sophomore at Truman State University, was awarded three scholarships, including the Boeing Company Math and Computer Science Scholarship, the Shirley D. Adams Memorial Scholarship and the Gerald and Norma McReynolds Scholarship, from the Truman State University Foundation. Hahs is a physics and mathematics double major at the university.

Cory Hogan of Jackson, a junior at Truman State University, was awarded two scholarships, including the Mary Giovannini Scholarship and the John H. Jepson Memorial Scholarship, from the Truman State University Foundation. Hogan is a business administration major at the university.

Taylor Thompson of Cape Girardeau, a senior at Truman State University, was awarded the Washington, D.C., Intern Scholarship from the Truman State University Foundation. Thompson is a communication major at the university.

Dylan Wilkinson of Jackson, a freshman at Truman State University, was awarded the Hearst Fine Arts-Theatre Scholarship from the Truman State University Foundation. Wilkinson is a theater major at the university.

Brock Miesner of Perryville, Missouri, represented the United States in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning as a member of the SkillsUSA WorldTeam at the biennial international WorldSkills Competition Aug. 11 to 16 in São Paulo. Miesner is a graduate of Linn State Technical College in Linn, Missouri.

Central sophomore learns leadership

Brogan Davis, a sophomore at Cape Central High School, attended the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Leadership in Practice program June 22 to 25. Davis was one of more than 120 high school students selected from throughout the state to attend the program at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

Central graduate makes dean's list

Rachael Long of Jackson was named to the spring semester dean's list for the 2014-2015 academic year at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Long, a graduate of Cape Central High School, is a biology major at Stephens.