SAVANAH STEVENS, a freshman at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, will play the lead role in the ISU production of "FUSION - Dance of the Sun."

The play will be presented Feb. 27 through March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the university's Dreiser Theatre.

Savanah will play the part of Shaman Angekkok. The Shaman is the chief of an Inuit village and grandmother to two Inuit children. She is a wise storyteller and somewhat of a mystic.

In the play, storytelling and dancing are fused together to tell the Inuit story of how the world was created.

Savanah is a 2007 graduate of Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School and is a theatre major at ISU.

Her parents are Mark and Cecilia Stevens of Burlington.

BRANDON BERNIER of Bringhurst and MARCIA WEFLEN of Rossville have been named to the Honors List for the 2007 fall semester at the University of Southern Indiana.

NICHOLAS MYLET of rural Camden has been named to the fall semester dean's list at Tufts University in Massachusetts.

DILLON CARTER of Flora was one of 11 students from Valparaiso University who helped raise $1,200 during a 48-hour video game marathon broadcast online Jan. 11-13.

As approximately 80,000 people watching the gamers attempt to beat four "Legend of Zelda" games during the course of the marathon, the students asked their audience for donations to Child's Play - a gamers' charity that helps children's hospitals throughout the country build collections of video games and toys for use by children receiving care for long-term treatment of cancer and other illnesses.

Carter is sophomore art major. He is the son of Byron and Wyndham Carter and is a graduate of Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School.

Area Purdue University students from statewide technology sites earned academic honors for the fall 2007 semester. They include: JOHN A. FRANCESCHINA, JEFFREY A. HANAWAY, KELLY C. DANIELS and DARREN C. METZGER, all of Delphi; MELISSA R. PARKER of Russiaville; DUSTIN A. DUTTON of Lafayette; KENT R. SHAFER of Idaville; MARILYN L. SIKES of Monticello; and TAMMY L. COOPER of Rossville.

Purdue University awarded 2,758 degrees to students during commencement ceremonies in December. They include:

TONY A. RICHARDS, Frankfort, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts.

CRAIG F. PADGETT, Rossville, Bachelor of Science, Consumer & Family Sciences.

DEREK S. BUTLER, Delphi, Master of Science in Civil Engineering.

MOLLY JO CRIPE, Delphi, Bachelor of Science, Veterinary Technology.

REBECCA A. DILL, Delphi, Bachelor of Science, Consumer & Family Science.

MATTHEW T. DILL, Delphi, Bachelor of Science, Agriculture.

JOSEPH R. MAYFIELD, Delphi, Bachelor of Science, Management.

SHANNON M. BURNS, Delphi, Bachelor of Science, Consumer & Family Sciences.

JONATHAN D. JURA, Delphi, Associate of Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology.

JULIE A. REPLOGLE, Delphi, Bachelor of Arts, Education.

JENNIFER A. SIMPSON, Flora, Associate of Science, Veterinary Technology.

JOHN H. BARKER, Lafayette, Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.

BRIAN E. CALLENDER, Lafayette, Certificate in Management.

ZACHARY R. OLIVER, Burnettsville, Associate in Agriculture.

ASHLEY E. EWING, Rossvile, Bachelof Science, Organizational Leadership and Supervision.

ZACHARY B. EIKENBERRY, Rossville, Bachelor of Science in Management.

ADAM M. BROVONT, Rossville, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology.

DAVID C. BANKES, Rossvile, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts.

Among those who received academic honors for the fall 2007 semester at Purdue University were:

Rossville - MILES L. CHITTICK, BAYLEE N. DAVIS and NEIL A. HUFFORD.

Bringhurst - NICKOLAS A. ALTIC, TYLER S. JENKINS, DESIRAY L. SIMMONS and FRANKLIN H. WILLIS.

Camden - BRITTNI BALLARD, SHANE D. CLINGENPEEL and TABITHA L. SMITH.

Delphi - ASHLEY M. BAER, SHANNON M. BURNS, JESSICA E. CLAWSON, MOLLY J. CRIPE, KATHRYN E. DILL, REBECCA A. DILL, JAYME M. DUFF, ANNA R. FARIS, JACK T. KENNEDY, SHANNON N. KREMER, JOSEPH R. MAYFIELD, JONATHAN R. NEWELL, WOODROW C. NICHOLS, TIMOTHY A. PRITCHETT, JOHN R. REPLOGLE, JULIE A. REPLOGLE, SHERRY K. RISLEY, ZACHARIAH N. SEIBERT, LYDIA A. SMITH, HANNAH E. CRIPE and THOMAS A. WALTON.

Flora - ERIC M. BARNARD, SARA L. HENSLEY and JENNIFER A. SIMPSON.

Rockfield - AUDRAALYSE TERRY.

Lafayette - AMANDA J. PADGETT, AMANDA M. FIELDS, MILES J. HODGE, ARIEL N. MILLER, and BRIAN E. CALLENDER.

West Lafayette - ERIC D. WULF.

Burnettsville - EMILY R. TEMPLE.

Linden - DIANA M. AVELINE.

Rossville - ADAM M. BROVONT, TYLER D. HALL, KATIE E. HILL, AMY E. HUFFORD, SHEILA M. MILLER, ERIN A. WILSON, DAVID C. BANKES, ROY MITCHEL and AARON D. BROVONT.