School news

Laura Burgess, of Columbia Falls, was named to the spring semester dean's list at the University of Mary, in Bismarck, N.D.

Casey Hebert, of Hungry Horse, was named to the dean's list at Gonzaga University, in Spokane, Wash.

Thomas Wright, of Columbia Falls, a junior at Montana State University-Bozeman, was recently honored at the 2011 Day Of Students Recognition awards ceremony. Wright got the Lambda Delta Individual Junior Award for the full-time junior with the highest grade-point average based on credits carried. He is a member of the MSU Jazz Ensemble, an Eagle Mount volunteer and recipient of the Phi Kappa Phi most outstanding junior award.

Brandon Utley, of Columbia Falls, recently graduated from Marylhurst University, in Portland, Ore., with a bachelor's in business and leadership.

Mary Bergstrom and Jonathan Bergstrom, of Columbia Falls, were named to the dean's list for the 2011 spring semester at Pensacola Christian College.

Lindie Burgess, of Columbia Falls, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, was named to the 2011 spring semester dean's list at the University of Portland.