WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jamie Armstrong, daughter of Randy and Sue Armstrong, received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in sports and event management from George Washington University.

Armstrong was also named to the Athlete's Honor Roll. She will continue her education at GWU, where she is enrolled in the Masters of Tourism Administration Program with a concentration in event and hospitality management.

Armstrong was accepted as a marketing graduate assistant at the GWU campus recreation center. She was the 2014 recipient of the Feinstein Sports Management Award given to a graduating senior.

Armstrong is a 2010 graduate of Monroe High School.

FREEPORT - The Highland Community College held its 51st anniversary commencement exercise Saturday, May 17, on the campus courtyard.

Area students included: Sierra Neuenschwander, Monroe, Associate of Science; Brock Peters, Monroe, Associate of Science; Jonathan Rohloff, Monroe, Associate of Science; Cody Schultz, Albany, Associate of Science; Amber Ramos, Juda, Associate of Arts; and Carrie Clark, Monroe, Associate of Applied Science in nursing. Kyle Woodruff, Browntown, received an industrial electronics/controls certificate, industrial maintenance technician certificate and a welding and fabrication certificate.

AMES, Iowa - Cody Rufer, Monroe, and Mykel Wedig, Darlington, graduated from Iowa State University during the spring commencement ceremonies.

Rufer graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in horticulture, and Wedig received a Bachelor of Science in animal science.

KENOSHA - Ellisa Mullen, Brodhead, graduated from Carthage College during the May 25 graduation ceremony in the N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center Field House.

BOSTON, Mass. - Natalie Morgan, New Glarus, graduated Cum Laude from Emerson College on May 11.

Morgan earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in writing, lit and publishing.